Melbourne Airport hit by fuel shortage
Fuel providers at Melbourne Airport are attempting to bring in extra supplies in a bid to maintain normal operations there after a delayed shipment of jet fuel raised the prospect of fuel rationing at Australia’s second busiest airport. The Board of Airline Representatives of Australia (BARA) says fuel may have to be rationed at Tullamarine after the National
Qantas’s new A330 business class makes its international debut
Qantas says it is on track to have five of its 28 Airbus A330 fleet fitted with the new business class at the end of March as it deploys the first internationally reconfigured A330-300 aircraft on the Singapore route this weekend. The city-state is the first international destination to receive what Qantas describes as a
Hub airports lag smaller peers for punctuality
Not one of the world’s major hub airports managed a better than 90 per cent on-time performance in calendar 2014, figures from flight data and aviation consultancy OAG show. The best-performing airport with more than 20 million seats per year was Munich, where 89 per cent of all flights departed or arrived within 15 minutes
Hinterland to take on two former Skytrans routes
Regular air services look set to return to Cape York communities Pormpuraaw and Kowanyama that were lost after Skytrans shut down, with Cairns-based Hinterland Aviation planning begin flights from Cairns before the end of the month. The regional operator is workingwith the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) to upgrade its Air Operator’s Certificate to allow it
Retirement home for first Qantas 747-400 up in the air
Mystery surrounds the eventual retirement home of Qantas Boeing 747-400 VH-OJA, with the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) describing social media reports that it will take the aircraft as “rumour mongering”. HARS president Bob De La Hunty says the “rumours” on social media are “all over the place”. “None of it is right,” De La Hunty told
Air services a vital link to tackling Ebola outbreak
Brussels Airlines has put humanitarian duty over brand as the airline commits to maintaining service to Ebola-affected countries in West Africa. The Belgium flag carrier is currently the only European carrier serving the Sierra Leone capital Freetown, with British Airways and Air France suspending services to Lungi International Airport. The twice-weekly service with Airbus A330-300
