SIA to lease additional A330s
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has finalised an agreement with Airbus to acquire an additional 15 A330-300s, which will be leased for an initial six year term. To be delivered between 2013-15, they will join the airline’s existing 19 strong A330-300 fleet, and will be used on routes within Asia and to Australia and the Middle East.
Virgin Australia domesic traffic down
Virgin Australia domestic passenger numbers fell 1.1 per cent in May compared to May 2010, the airline has reported, with capacity (in ASKs) trimmed by 0.9 per cent, although RPKs (up 3.8 per cent) and load factor (up 3.6 points) both improved for the month. Traffic in RPKs for its Pacific Blue and V Australia
Northrop Grumman joins Global Supply Chain program
Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare has signed a Global Supply Chain Deed (GSCD) with Northrop Grumman, which sees the US based defence company joins Australia’s Global Supply Chain program. “Northrop Grumman is a big addition to our Global Supply Chain program and I’m pleased they have come on board,” Clare said in a statement.
CAS, ICBC sign order agreements with Airbus
Airbus has announced that Chinese firms China Aviation Supplies Holding Company (CAS) and ICBC Financial Leasing Co havesigned agreements for a total of 88 A320 variants. CAS signed an overall General Terms Agreement (GTA) with Airbus for all 88 A320s, which will see ICBC take 42 of those aircraft under a purchase agreement which has
RAAF Korea veterans recognised with US Air Medals
Eleven RAAF veterans have been awarded the United States Air Medal in recognition of their efforts in supporting the US Fifth Air Force during the Korean War. The veterans, all former pilots with 77SQN, were presented the medals by United States Ambassador, Jeffrey Bleich, during a ceremony in Canberra yesterday. Authorised by President Roosevelt in
787 begins F&R and ETOPS testing
Boeing has begun function and reliability (F&R) testing and extended operations (ETOPS) demonstrations with its Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 powered 787 test fleet, the final phase of flight testing before FAA certification later this year. F&R testing aims to simulate various “normal and non-normal” operations in a realistic environment, while ETOPS will evaluate the aircraft’s ability
