Airnorth doubles Gold Coast frequencies
Regional airline Airnorth is set to double the frequency of its Darwin to Gold Coast via Mount Isa services with the addition of a second weekly flight. Supplementing the current Thursday schedule, the new Wednesday service is due to start on February 16. CEO of Airnorth, Simone Saunders, said the route “has been very popular”
Jetstar hits out with the WTA
Jetstar has been named official airline partner of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) and its associated tournaments across the Asia Pacific through to 2013. “Jetstar’s ongoing expansion in Asia, today’s dominant global aviation market, presented an incredible opportunity, and its strategic new partnership with the WTA gives great leverage to the Jetstar brand, a greater
1000th 767 in final assembly
Boeing held a small ceremony at its Everett plant to mark the start of final assembly of the 1000th 767 on January 10. The milestone aircraft is a 767-300ER for Japan’s All Nippon Airways, which is due for delivery in February. The 1000th aircraft is also the last to be assembled in the 767’s existing
US acknowledges China developments
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has been forced to admit that China is farther along with its military technical developments than he had previously given it credit for. Speaking just before arriving in Beijing, Gates, who had previously said the US did not expect to see China unveil a fifth generation combat aircraft before 2020
Guggenheim cancels remaining 747-8F orders
Guggenheim Aviation Partners (GAP) has cancelled its remaining orders for two 747-8F freighters after cancelling its other two in early 2010. The lessor, which ordered four 747-8Fs in August 2007, says the delays to the aircraft’s development program and the associated economic impact left it with “no alternative” but to cancel the order. Two of
CDB Leasing orders 10 E-190s
China’s CDB Leasing has signed a firm order for 10 Embraer E-190s, to be operated by China Southern Airlines. The first E-190 from the order is due for delivery in the second half of 2011.
