Rhinos arrive
The RAAF’s first five of 24 Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornets touched down at their home base of RAAF Amberley on March 26 following their trans Pacific ferry flight. The five 1SQN jets, accompanied by an Omega Aerial Refueling Services KDC-10 tanker and followed by a RAAF C-17 airlifter, had departed Naval Air Station Lemoore in
QantasLink gets PNG allocation
The International Air Services Commission (IASC) has granted Qantas an allocation of 888 seats per week on the Papua New Guinea route, which will allow QantasLink to operate 12 services per week between Cairns and Port Moresby. QantasLink is planning to start services on the route utilising 74-seat Bombardier Q400s from July. Air Niugini and
747-8 hits design turbulence
Boeing has confirmed a report from Flightblogger that it is working on a design fix for the 747-8 following unexpected buffeting during test flying, potentially putting pressure on the delayed airliner’s expected certification and delivery dates. The issue surfaced on the first flight of the first 747-8 Freighter on February 10, and occurred when the
Regionals face sting in Sydney Airport parking charges
The Regional Aviation Association of Australia (RAAA) has hit out at what it claims is a proposed 6000 per cent increase in parking charges for aircraft in the general aviation parking area at Sydney Airport, labelling it as “brutal, monopolistic behaviour”. “Regional airline and general aviation operators rely on access to Sydney Airport to provide
JAL Cargo to cut dedicated freighters
Japan Air Lines Cargo has announced that it will cease operating dedicated freighter aircraft cargo as JAL restructures itself in an effort to increase its profitability. JAL Cargo currently operates a fleet of seven Boeing 747-400Fs and three 767-300Fs, and will gradually retire the aircraft over the coming year, and will instead concentrate on marketing
LAN appoints new senior sales manager
LAN Airlines has appointed Monica Perez as its new senior sales manager for Australia and New Zealand, effective May 3. Perez has been with LAN for seven years and was previously a senior business development manager with the airline in Brazil. Her new role will see her based in Sydney, succeeding Karl Hecht who has
