The options that weren’t for the RAAF fighter fleet
Today’s ‘Throwback Thursday’ feature from a past edition of Australian Aviation is this June 2013 article that looks at the options that never were to replace the RAAF’s fighter force. It is now history that, as a result of delays to the RAAF’s AIR 6000 New Air Combat Capability (NACC) project brought on by development
Air New Zealand plans Auckland-Chicago flights
Air New Zealand will join a select number of airlines in the 7,000 club from November 30 2018 when it commences nonstop flights between Auckland and Chicago O’Hare International Airport. The new route, announced on Wednesday, will be served three times weekly with Boeing 787-9s that feature Air New Zealand’s premium heavy configuration. At 7,112nm,
Exercise areas, sleeping berths – Qantas considering “out there ideas” for Project Sunrise
Project Sunrise, Qantas’s ambitious plan to introduce a “super long-haul” aircraft into service from 2022 capable of flying nonstop from the east coast of Australia to London and New York, could provide an opportunity for new thinking in passenger amenity, the airline says. Among the ideas being considered for the new aircraft type, either the
Fiji Airways chief executive Andre Viljoen says the rising cost of fuel will be one of the airline’s major challenges for 2018 after posting a fourth straight year of record profit in calendar 2017. The airline group, which covers Fiji Airways, Fiji Link and other subsidiaries, reported profit before tax of FJ$95.8 million (A$61.3 million)
CH-47F Chinook conducts flight trials from HMAS Choules
An Army CH-47F Chinook heavy lift helicopter has been embarked aboard the Navy’s landing ship HMAS Choules for the first time. The recently completed ‘first of class flight trials’ aboard the Choules, held in the Coral Sea off the coast Queensland, were to define ‘Ship Helicopter Operating Limits’ so that the CH-47F can operate from
Air New Zealand flight involved in near miss with drone at Auckland Airport
Air New Zealand is calling for tougher penalties for the misuse of unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, after one of its flights was involved in a near miss while approaching Auckland Airport for landing. Flight NZ92 from Tokyo Haneda, operated by Boeing 777-200ER ZK-OKF, was about five metres from a drone during its descent into
