Cockpit fire forces Qantas diversion
A Qantas Airbus A330 flying from Manila to Sydney was forced to make an emergency landing in Cairns yesterday afternoon after suffering a cockpit fire. A330-200 VH-EBL was approximately 365nm northwest of Cairns when a windscreen window heating circuit began arcing. The crew donned oxygen masks and extinguished the resultant flames from the left hand
Qantas has announced that it will again increase domestic, regional and Tasman air fares in “response to high oil and jet fuel prices”. The airline will increase fares by up to $10 per sector on domestic and regional flights for tickets issued on or after March 31. Increases of up to eight per cent will
QantasLink Hotham ski services return
QantasLink will again operate ski season services between Sydney and Mt Hotham, with flights to operate from June to September. The services, due to run between June 24 and September 11, will operate on selected Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays. Between four and five return services per week are initially planned, building to seven
A RAAF C-130J Hercules is currently in Norway to take part in an international exercise focused on the J model C-130. Fifteen RAAF members from Richmond based 37SQN are currently participating in Exercise Combined Strength 2011, being held at Norway’s Bodø Air Force Base from March 19 to 25. Open to countries who operate the
RAF retires Tornado F3s
The Royal Air Force has phased out the last of its Panavia Tornado F3 air defence variants (ADVs), after a 25 years service career. Operations officially came to an end with the March 22 disbandment of 111 Squadron, which had operated the F3 from RAF Leuchars, Scotland, since 1990. Since July 2009 111 Sqn had been
EL AL orders four 737-900ERs
Israel’s El Al has ordered four 737-900ERs with options on an undisclosed number of further aircraft. The deal is fvalued at approximately US$343.2m (A$340.1m) at current list prices.
