Helicopters Australia inks new deal with Rio Tinto
Helicopters Australia (HNZ) has reached a $125 million deal with Rio Tinto to provide three new AgustaWestland AW109SP helicopters to the mining giant’s Dampier and Cape Lambert operations in WA. The AW109s will replace two Eurocopter EC145 HNZ had provided to Rio Tinto under a contract expiring this year. HNZ has provided helicopter services to
Qantas flags free wifi, more Miranda
Australian supermodel Miranda Kerr will star in a new advertising push for Qantas Club airport lounges. Principally, Ms Kerr is meant to lure a younger generation of flyers away from Qantas’s more youthful rival, Virgin Australia, which has unveiled its own franchise of airport lounges after making an aggressive entrance into the corporate travel market
Joyce turns down bonus as loss reveal nears
Alan Joyce will forgo any bonus or pay rise this year, the Qantas CEO has said days before he is expected to announce the airline’s first annual loss. Joyce will earn his base pay of $2.3 million but will give up the bonuses that last year brought his compensation to roughly $5 million. He joins
Etihad ups its Brisbane ante
Etihad Airways will launch daily flights to Brisbane early next year as international carriers continue to tighten the screw on Qantas’s struggling overseas network. Etihad’s announcement comes just after China Southern said it would ramp up to daily Brisbane flights, part of a dramatic increase in that carrier’s Australian footprint. Etihad, which operates in an
GippsAERO signs deal for US Airvan assembly
GippsAERO has signed a deal with Washington State based Soloy Aviation that will see the latter assemble and maintain GA8 Airvans ordered by North American customers. The deal is part of a push by GippsAERO to expand its presence in the North American market. Since many of the Airvan’s components are produced in the US
Aeromil opens Sunshine Coast flight academy
Australian Cessna distributer Aeromil has opened its new flight academy at the Sunshine Coast Airport. The academy, known as Flight Options, is designed to support Aeromil customers by providing a “new approach to flight training” tailored to customer needs. “For example, in the rural sector where aircraft play an important part of business and family
