Qantas Super Constellation returns home
Parts of a Lockheed Super Constellation that flew with Qantas in the 1950s are back in Australia after sitting in a Kuwait desert for more than 40 years.
Silkair boosts Cairns to daily
Singapore Airlines’ regional wing Silkair will offer daily nonstop flights to Cairns from June 2019. Currently, Silkair flies five times a week between Singapore and Cairns with Boeing 737 equipment. Two more services a week will be added to the schedule from June 2 2019, Silkair said on Friday. “We are proud to announce a
Defiant first flight further delayed
First flight of the Sikorsky-Boeing SB-1 Defiant has been pushed into 2019 after problems were discovered during ground testing.
Air New Zealand and two unions representing about 1,000 staff have reached an in-principle agreement on new wages and conditions, leading to the threat of strike action being withdrawn.
American, Qantas hoping for prompt approval of proposed alliance
American Airlines and Qantas have called on the US to "promptly approve" its proposed joint-venture alliance on trans-Pacific routes.
United plans Melbourne-San Francisco nonstop service
United plans to add a fifth route to its Australian network from October 2019 when it commences nonstop flights between Melbourne Tullamarine and San Francisco. The airline will operate Boeing 787-9s three times a week on the Melbourne-San Francisco route from October 29 2019. Currently, United serves Sydney from Houston, Los Angeles and San Francisco,
