Qantas 744 ferries spare engine to Johannesburg
Qantas’s regular QF63 service from Sydney to Johannesburg made a scheduled tech stop into Perth for additional fuel on July 18 as the aircraft, 747-400 VH-OJN, was carrying a spare engine under its left wing for sistership VH-OJL, which had experienced a #3 engine failure on July 16, approximately one hour into its QF64 flight
Lufthansa commences regular biofuel flights
Lufthansa has begun the world’s first scheduled commercial passenger services using biofuel, with the launch on Friday of four return daily flights between Hamburg and Frankfurt operated by an Airbus A321 powered by a 50 per cent Hydro-processed Esters and Fatty Acids (HEFA) biofuel blend. The flights will operate for an initial six month period
Lineage on show
Embraer demonstrated Lineage 1000 A6-HHS of Falcon Aviation Services to media in Melbourne on Friday, during the type’s first Australia visit. The aircraft had arrived in Sydney from Singapore on June 29, on a private visit. It then moved to Brisbane on June 30 and remained there until July 11 when it operated Brisbane-Sydney-Melbourne. Embraer
Air India to launch 787 Melbourne services
Air India will launch flights between Delhi and Melbourne from to be operated by Boeing 787s, according to a report in India’s The Telegraph newspaper. “Direct flights to Australia are the top priority for us,” an Air India official is quoted by the paper as saying. “The route will be profitable for Air India and
F-35 reports for duty at Eglin
The first Lockheed Martin F-35A to be assigned to the USAF’s 33rd Fighter Wing arrived at the F-35 Integrated Training Center (ITC) Eglin AFB in Florida on July 14 to commence aircrew and maintainer training for all three US services. The aircraft, AF-9, will be used for activities in concert with training F-35 pilots and
Jetstar expands Singapore hub
Jetstar will base a further five Airbus A320s and two A330s at its Singapore hub by the end of the year. The additional capacity will allow Jetstar to launch daily A330 Singapore-Beijing services from November 24, three times weekly Singapore-Ningbo A320 services from September 9, four times weekly Singapore-Hanoi A320 services from December 15, plus
