New TWU strike action for Friday
The Transport Workers Union (TWU) has called fresh industrial action against Qantas for this Friday, with 3800 baggage handlers, ground staff and other employees to go on strike for one hour, with negotiations over a new enterprise bargaining agreement stalled. A further 50 TWU delegates will also hold a two hour stop work meeting on
Jetstar adds Sydney-Queenstown
Jetstar is to add a twice weekly Sydney-Queenstown service to its network from December 23, plus increace the frequency of its existing Melbourne-Queenstown flights from two to three times weekly. Flight JQ223 will depart Sydney for Queenstown on Mondays and Fridays at 0950, while the return JQ224 flight will depart Queenstown for Sydney also at
First 787 signed over
Japan’s ANA has formally accepted the first Boeing 787 to be handed over to a customer, with the signing of formal documents handing over ownership of the aircraft (registered JA801A) in Everett on September 25, ahead of a delivery ceremony scheduled for September 26. Boeing says the contractual delivery followed a series of acceptance flights,
A400M testing continues
Testing of the Airbus Military A400M airlifter continues, with the recent completion of high energy rejected takeoff and emergency evacuation tests. The high energy rejected takeoff test saw A400M test aircraft ‘Grizzly 1’ simulate, at maximum takeoff weight, an aborted takeoff at the V1 decision speed from Toulouse’s runway 14R on September 17. As part
First Egyptian C295 delivered
Airbus Military has handed over the first of three C295s transports on order for the Egyptian Air Force. The aircraft were ordered in October 2010, and the remaining two will be delivered by the end of 2011.
Atlas cancels three 747-8F orders
The Boeing 747-8F program has suffered a further blow with the news Atlas Air has cancelled delivery of its first three of 12 747-8Fs it had on order due to “delays and performance considerations”. “As prudent asset managers, terminating the first three aircraft was the right decision for our fleet, our customers and our stockholders,”
