ALAFCO firms up order for 20 737 MAXs
Kuwaiti aircraft leasing company ALAFCO has finalised an order for 20 737 MAX 8s. The order – the first for the MAX variant from the Middle East – is valued at US$2 billion at list prices and follows an announcement at the Farnborough airshow earlier this year. This order brings total orders for the 737
7,000th Beechcraft King Air delivered
Hawker Beechcraft has delivered the 7,000th King Air twin turboprop since production began in 1964. The 350i-model aircraft is being delivered to a customer in the United States where it joins a North American fleet of more than 3,300 in current service. “The King Air is still king,” said Shawn Vick,vice president customers for Hawker
Air NZ safety video goes viral
Air New Zealand’s latest safety video has become a global hit on YouTube with 6.2 million viewers so far. Featuring characters from The Hobbit in advance of the release of the first in a new trilogy from award-winning Peter Jackson, the video was watched by more than one million people in the first day of
Gold Coast celebrates five years of AirAsia X
It is five years since Kuala Lumpur-based AirAsia X began operations to the Gold Coast. Since 2007 the airline, which became the first low cost long haul airline to operate to the Gold Coast, has carried some 94,000 passengers between the cities. Strong collaboration between Gold Coast Airport, the Queensland government and Gold Coast Tourism
Auckland Airport appoints new CEO
Auckland Airport has appointed Adrian Littlewood as its new CEO. Currently the general manager of retail and commercial, Littlewood joined the airport in 2009 and takes over from Simon Robertson who has been acting in the role since August. Chair of Auckland Airport Joan Withers said Littlewood had played an instrumental role in delivering the
Velocity cleared for take off
Virgin Australia changed its radio call sign to ‘velocity’ on October 29, replacing the four separate callsigns the airline previously operated under. On the same day the airline changed its ICAO code to VOZ. The changes occurred to create what the airline describes as a “new group code and callsign [to] support the integration of
