Boeing completes “final body join” on first flight test 777X
In a major production milestone, Boeing says it has completed the "final body join" of the first 777-X, connecting the nose, mid and aft sections together.
GE Aviation donates 747-100 testbed to museum
GE Aviation has donated its first Boeing 747-100 flying testbed N747GE to the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona.
External tanks to extend the reach of RAAF C-130Js
The RAAF’s C-130J Hercules could have more range, more time on station for missions such as search and rescue and more fuel offload capacity at forward bases thanks to new external fuel tanks.
Air New Zealand to fly A321neo to Gold Coast
Air New Zealand says it will upgauge its Auckland-Gold Coast flights to the Airbus A321neo and add a fifth weekly service on the route from February 2019.
Qantas boosts Darwin-Alice Springs route
Qantas is upgauging its flights between Alice Springs and Darwin from 125-seat single class Boeing 717s to 174-seat two-class 737-800s from the end of March 2019 as part of a number of network changes in the Northern Territory.
The RAAF to get MALE – Reaper UAS acquisition confirmed
The RAAF is to operate a fleet of 12 to 16 General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper armed medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aircraft.
