Virgin boosts Mackay services
Virgin Australia has launched extra weekday flights between Mackay and Brisbane and has opened its first ever lounge at Mackay Airport. The extra services, which will be available from March 5, will bring to 78 Virgin’s weekly flights between Mackay and the Queensland capital, giving it two more flights per day on the route than
Australian Aerospace gets CASA approval
Australian Aerospace has become the first civil helicopter maintenance training organisation to receive approval under CASA’s revamped safety regulations. The new Part 147 regulations are meant to more closely align Australia’s airworthiness standards with those of other leading aviation nations. The regulations came into force in June 2011. A wholly owned subsidiary of Eurocopter, Australian
Bidding for business class to grow with Air New Zealand
Air New Zealand has expanded a trial program that allows economy and premium economy long haul passengers to bid on upgraded seats. The ‘OneUp’ program has already been tried with Air New Zealand passengers who purchased tickets in North America, the UK and Australia, and the carrier said it will now be expanded to include
Tanzania’s Precision Air orders five ATRs
Tanzanian carrier Precision Air Services has ordered four ATR 42-600s and one ATR 72-600 in a deal valued at US$98 million. Deliveries of the 50 seat 42-600s will begin late this year, with the 74 seat 72-600 scheduled for delivery in 2014. With the order, Precision Air Services will become the largest operator of ATR
Melbourne Airport adds free parking zone
Melbourne Airport has introduced a new short term parking area for drivers waiting to collect arriving passengers. Drivers are meant to remain in the new ‘Ring and Ride’ zone until their arriving passenger calls to say they’re ready to be picked up, at which point drivers can proceed to the terminal forecourt. Parking in the
Airbus delivers A350 fuselage to FAL
Airbus has delivered a front fuselage section for its A350 XWB to the aircraft’s Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Toulouse, France, the first major airframe section to reach that milestone. The 21 metre long section was delivered on December 23 via Beluga aircraft from Airbus’s facility in Saint-Nazaire. The fuselage is destined for the A350
