Australian Aviation

At Auckland Airport on Monday, 94 per cent of departures were cancelled, while Air New Zealand halted much of its network, including all Tasman flights.

Qantas has released a time-lapse video showing how it painted a special Pride Is In The Air livery onto one of its A330s.

The ATSB has urged engineers to check aircraft documents when conducting maintenance after it emerged the engine’s manufacturer, Honeywell, issued a letter that noted similar mix-ups had occurred previously.

The bureau’s report into the September 2021 incident concluded the pilot of the smaller aircraft had mixed up which runway the larger plane would land on.

According to new BITRE data released by the Department of Transport, the ‘best discount’ airfare index raised from 74 in January to 74.7 in February. The traditional ‘restricted economy’ index has also risen from 81.5 to 82.

The partnership will see Embraer join Air New Zealand’s Mission Next Gen Aircraft initiative, which the kiwi carrier hopes will accelerate its plans to replace its fleet of De Havilland Canada Dash 5-Q300 domestic aircraft and introduce “zero emissions aircraft technology”.