Emirates SkyCargo to operate first Australian service next week
Emirates Airline’s freight subsidiary, Emirates SkyCargo, has announced that it will operate its first dedicated weekly freight service to Australia from September 12, utilising its new fleet of Boeing 777 Freighters on the route. The new freighter service, flight EK9920, will fly the Dubai-Singapore-Sydney-Hong Kong-Dubai route on a weekly basis, arriving at Sydney Airport every
Fair Work dismisses AIPA Qantas Jetconnect “deception” case
Fair Work Australia has dismissed an Australian and International Airline Pilots’ Association (AIPA) application to have pilots employed by Qantas’s New Zealand based Jetconnect subsidiary brought under Australian industrial laws and arrangements. Jetconnect employs 100 New Zealand based pilots who operate Qantas’s trans Tasman 737 operations, most of whom, according to Qantas, are covered by
747-8F set for Sept 19 delivery
Boeing has announced that it will deliver its first 747-8 Freighter to launch customer Cargolux on September 19, with a second aircraft to follow two days later on September 21. Both 747-8Fs will be delivered to Cargolux at Boeing’s Everett, Washington factory. Cargolux, which has 13 747-8Fs on order, will put the first two aircraft
GE joins Virgin in Aussie biofuel initiative
General Electric has joined Virgin Australia and a number of other industry partners in efforts to develop a sustainable aviation biofuel. Following on from Virgin’s decision to join the initiative in July, GE will also partner with the Renewable Oil Corporation (ROC), Dynamotive Energy Systems Corporation (DYMTF) and the Future Farm Industries Co-operative Research Centre
RAN’s multi-phased array radar gains IOU
The Royal Australian Navy’s new multi-phased array radar system has been granted initial operating use (IOU), after a successful trial aboard Anzac class frigate HMAS Perth. The trial, which was conducted off the Australian coastline and the US Navy Pacific Missile Range Facility in Hawaii, tested the radar’s anti-ship missile defence capabilities enabling it to
Embraer, GE conclude bio-fuel testing
Embraer and General Electric have announced the conclusion of a series of biofuel test flights in August, aimed at benchmarking operational characteristics of a camelina derived Hydro-processed Esters and Fatty Acids (HEFA) fuel. The trial saw the biofuel – with the maximum American Society for Testing and Materials (ATSM) approved mix of 50 per cent
