Alliance Airlines has marked the 90th anniversary of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith’s trans-Pacific crossing with a celebratory flight on its special livery Fokker 100. The Fokker 100 features a special livery that features an image of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith on the tail, while the fuselage features the Fokker F.VIIb/3m Trimotor, named Southern Cross, used
As a youngster with an aviator father and a passion for flying, Chris Mayr made scale models of German World War 2 aircraft and dreamed of one day owning and flying one in particular – a Focke-Wulf Fw 190. And now he has. A mainstay of the Luftwaffe throughout the war, the Fw 190, named
Air Tahiti Nui has unveiled the new livery that will adorn its incoming fleet of Boeing 787-9s. The airline, based in French Polynesia, has ordered four 787-9s that will be used to replace its current fleet of five Airbus A340-300s. In addition to an update of the Tiare flower on the tail, the new livery
First RAF F-35Bs arrive in UK
The first four Royal Air Force Lockheed Martin F-35B Lighting IIs arrived at their new home base at RAF Marham in Norfolk on June 6. The four aircraft of 617 Squadron, known as the ‘Dambusters’, ferried across the Atlantic Ocean from Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Beaufort in North Carolina where they have been based
International Airlines Group (IAG) chief executive Willie Walsh is hopeful British Airways (BA) will be able to expand its network in Australia beyond the current sole daily flight to Sydney. However, Walsh said there were no plans for British Airways, which is owned by IAG, to mount ultra-long-haul nonstop services between the United Kingdom and
Virgin Australia’s Rob Sharp says AirNZ/Qantas codeshare will have flow-on consequences on Tasman
The codeshare agreement between Air New Zealand and Qantas is bad for consumers and will have some flow-on consequences on the Tasman, Virgin Australia group executive for airlines Rob Sharp says. On June 1, Air New Zealand and Qantas announced they would codeshare on each other’s domestic networks and offer reciprocal lounge access for eligible
