There is a new presence in the skies over Western Australia, with CHC’s recent introduction of the next-generation Leonardo AW189 helicopter. Based in Karratha, three of the Italian-built ‘super medium’ AW189s – the first in Australia – began flying in support of Woodside’s North-West Shelf operations in November. This content is available exclusively to Australian
The new Cessna Citation Longitude is Wichita-based Textron Aviation’s latest entry into the ‘super mid-sized’ business jet market. The Longitude, being a next generation Citation X minus the blistering speed and fuel bills, is the slightly larger big brother to the also new Cessna Citation Latitude, which itself is an upscaled version of the Citation
Boeing Commercial Airplanes vice president of marketing Randy Tinseth says the manufacturer is making progress on its study into developing an aircraft capable of meeting Qantas’s ultra long-haul objectives while at the same time having as broad an appeal as possible to other airline customers. Project Sunrise – the name is a nod to the
Boeing says it expects to deliver between 810-815 aircraft in calendar 2018 amid growing passenger demand and rate increases for its 737 narrowbody program, a seven per cent increase on the 763 aircraft deliveries it achieved in 2017. The outlook for the current year was announced on Wednesday (US time), when Boeing released its financial
An Australian air traffic control (ATC) officer instructed the flight crew of an Indonesia AirAsia Airbus A320 to “go round, you are low” during one of two missed approaches to Perth Airport, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) says. In addition to the two go-arounds, the ATSB final report into the February 19 2016 incident
Bombardier’s single-aisle, twinjet C Series small airliner is as popular with passengers as it has been lukewarmly received by airlines, with an all-new cabin, 2-3 configuration and 18‑inch wide seats stretching to 19-inch in the middle seat of three making it one of the most pleasant ways to fly. “It’s a cute little airplane,” said