Emirates restructures trans-Tasman fares
Emirates has announced that it is restructuring its business and economy class fare categories on trans-Tasman services, which appears to be set to challenge Air New Zealand’s recently announced changes to its fare scheme. Under the new fare format, economy and business fares will be split into Super Saver, Saver and Flex categories, which the
Skytraders A319 in Cocos Island stair incident
A Skytraders Airbus A319 was involved in an incident at Cocos Island where the aircraft started rolling while its rear airstairs were still down. According to a report from The Australian newspaper, the aircraft was carrying 120 asylum seekers and had begun taxiing when bystanders noticed that the aircraft was dragging its rear airstairs, causing
The first of 27 NH90 NFHs was delivered to the French navy on May 5 during a ceremony at Eurocopter’s Marignane plant. It was the first delivery of a NH90 helicopter to France, which also has 34 NH90 TTH troop transports on order. Between them the Dutch, French, Italian, Norwegian and Belgian navies have ordered
Shadow 200 UAV for JP129?
The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified Congress of the possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of two AAI RQ-7B Shadow 200 battlefield UASs and associated equipment to Australia, but the Department of Defence says no firm acquisition decision for the type, being considered under JP 129 Phase 2, has been made. “The Government of
A320 ‘NEO’ re-engine decision due this year
Airbus has dubbed its studies into a possible re-engining of its A320 Family as ‘NEO’ – for New Engine Options – as it closes on a decision on whether to embark on an interim narrowbody upgrade pending a more permanent replacement in the mid to late 2020s. Airbus COO Customers, John Leahy, told media at
A400M flight testing progresses
Airbus Military officials have briefed media on the progress of the A400M’s flight test campaign during the company’s annual Innovation Days briefings being held this year at its Broughton wing manufacturing facility in North Wales. Senior vice president flight and integration tests, Fernando Alonso, said the program’s two current flight test aircraft, MSN1 and MSN2, had
