Air New Zealand says it will have to remove two Boeing 787-9s from service for as long as “a number of months” while their Rolls-Royce Trent engines undergo repairs. The Auckland-based Kiwi flag carrier says it has now completed checks on the Trent 1000 ‘Package C’ engines in its fleet following a European Aviation Safety
The Australian War Memorial is to add a reconnaissance-configured Royal Australian Air Force RF-111C to its collection by mid-2019. RF-111C A8-134 is the “sole surviving RF-111C that participated in missions over East Timor and has the greatest operational provenance of the preserved Australian F-111 fleet,” the Australian War Memorial said on Friday. The aircraft is
Sydney Airport has reported a double digit increase in international passengers in March thanks to the timing of the Easter holidays and fuller aircraft in the month. There were 1.371 million international passengers at Sydney Airport in March, the company said in a regulatory filing to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) on Friday. This was
Brisbane Airport CEO recognised at Aviation/Aerospace Australia national awards
Brisbane Airport chief executive Julieanne Alroe is the 2018 recipient of the Aviation/Aerospace Australia distinguished leadership award. The awards, handed out at a dinner in Melbourne on Wednesday night, also recognised BAE Systems Australia for its diversity program and RMIT University for its leadership in training, among others. Alroe edged out finalists QinetiQ senior principal
Final RAAF C-27J Spartan arrives
The RAAF has taken delivery of its tenth and final Leonardo/L-3 C-27J Spartan battlefield airlifter. The delivery was marked with a flying display and ceremony at RAAF Base Richmond on Wednesday, and is the latest milestone for the AIR 8000 Phase 2 program which saw 10 C-27Js ordered in 2012 to replace the capability lost
The Royal Australian Navy has successfully tested the new Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) its new Hobart class destroyers will be equipped with. The tests were conducted in March and early April aboard HMAS Hobart and NUSHIP Brisbane in the Gulf of St Vincent southwest of Adelaide. Video showing the NUSHIP Brisbane sea trials. CEC is designed to enhance the capability
