Hawaiian boosts Brisbane-Honolulu capacity
Before it has even started services between Honolulu and Brisbane, Hawaiian Airlines is adding capacity between the two cities in response to demand for services between March and May 2013. The airline, which starts flights to Brisbane on November 28, will add 18 flights – or 4,700 seats – to the existing schedule of three
Singapore adds Adelaide flights
Singapore Airlines will increase to 12 the number of weekly flights to Adelaide From July 4 next year. Operated by Airbus A330s featuring the airline’s latest medium haul business class product, the additional services to Adelaide each Thursday and Sunday means Singapore Airlines will now operate 112 flights a week between Australia and Singapore. Adelaide’s largest
Singapore re-orders A380s and A350s, shifts 787s to Scoot
Singapore Airlines has ordered five more Airbus A380s and 20 A350-900s, plus announced plans to transfer its 20 787s on order to low-cost subsidiary Scoot. The new Airbuses are valued at US$7.5 billion at list prices. It is the third A380 order by Singapore Airlines and brings its total commitments for the type to 24,
Network Fokker 100 grounded after heavy landing
A Network Aviation Fokker 100 suffered a hard landing at Nifty Aerodrome in the East Pilbara region on October 19. According to the ATSB, the aircraft – VH-NQE – experienced windshear as it approached the airfield during a fly-in/fly-out charter flight from Perth. The Qantas-owned subsidiary has grounded the aircraft pending further investigation by the
French PM inaugurates A350 final assembly line
Airbus’s new 74,000 square metre A350 final assembly line (FAL) has been inaugurated by French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault and Airbus president and chief executive officer Fabrice Brégier. Attendees at the official ceremony in Toulouse saw the first flyable aircraft, MSN1, taking shape on the line before its first flight scheduled for mid 2013. Fuselage
First humanitarian 787 flight
Boeing, Ethiopian Airlines and Seattle-based Anaesthesia Outreach have delivered nearly nine tonnes of medical supplies to Ethiopia’s largest hospital in what is the first flight under Boeing’s Humanitarian Flight Delivery program. The equipment included several anaesthesia machines, patient monitoring equipment and intensive care beds. The Humanitarian Flight Delivery program is a collaboration between Boeing and
