Air France KLM announces split Airbus-Boeing order
Air France KLM has announced plans to order up to 110 Airbus A350s and Boeing 787s. Pending contract finalisations, Air France KLM will order 25 and place options on 35 A350-900s, plus sign a firm order for 25 and option 25 787-9s. The 787-9s will begin entering service with KLM from 2016, the A350s with
RAAF KC-30A completes first flight in service
The Airbus Military KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) has completed its first flight in RAAF service, after undertaking a two hour, 45 minute sortie from RAAF Amberley on September 16. KC-30A A39-002 departed Amberley at approximately 10:40am on Friday, flying over Roma and the Sunshine Coast before returning later that afternoon. Eight personnel were on
New review for MRH 90
The ADF’s delayed MRH 90 helicopter will undergo a second ‘diagnostic review’ from next week, Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare has announced. The announcement follows the completion of a first diagnostic review earlier this year, which in April recommended a second review be conducted to assess the effectiveness of the remediation plan for the
Larger aircraft, service consolidation and extra staff planned for TWU strikes
Qantas has announced contingency plans to mitigate planned strike action by the Transport Workers Union (TWU) next week, when up to 3800 baggage handlers, ground staff, catering, freight and other transport employees will conduct a series of four hour work stoppages across Australia on September 20. The airline will use larger aircraft, consolidate services and
RAF’s A330 MRTT FSTA obtains INTA certification
The RAF’s Airbus Military A330 MRTT Future Strategic Transport Aircraft (FSTA) has obtained military certification from Spain’s Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Aerospacial (INTA), following civil certification by EASA earlier in July. With the final approvals from both military and civilian regulators, Airbus hopes to make its first aircraft delivery to the RAF “in the coming
Qantas rolls out Q Streaming
Qantas will next month begin trialling streaming inflight entertainment to Apple iPad tablet computers on a single 767-300 in domestic service. The world first six week ‘Q Streaming’ trial will run from late October through to early December and will allow passengers to view content such as movies streamed to the iPads ‘on demand’. Each
