Qantas to let first 787 option lapse
Qantas will let the first of its 15 Boeing 787 options lapse later this month, CEO Alan Joyce has told Reuters. The first of those 15 options was due to be exercised in February, while Joyce says Qantas would make a decision on firming up further options into firm orders in a “few more months”,
First Airbus A330-800neo rolls out of paintshop
The second member of the A330neo family has emerged from the paintshop for the first time at Airbus’s Toulouse headquarters, paving the way for test flights to begin by the middle of 2018. Airbus released pictures of the first A330-800neo, MSN1888, on Monday (European time), which show the aircraft painted in Airbus livery and the
Emirates to repaint Qantas A380s
Eight Qantas Airbus A380s will be repainted in the airline’s new livery by Emirates Engineering. Beginning in March 2018 the aircraft will be stripped and repainted at the Emirates Aircraft Appearance Centre in Dubai, which Emirates says is the largest aircraft painting facility in the world owned by an airline. In 2017 that facility repainted
AirAsia to move Melbourne flights to Avalon
AirAsia X Malaysia is set to be the first international airline to service Avalon Airport once it moves its double-daily Kuala Lumpur flights from Melbourne Tullamarine airport there later this year. No date has been publicly announced for the move to Avalon, with the airport requiring immigration and quarantine facilities to be put in place
Virgin Australia’s Embraer era comes to an end, accepts last 737NG delivery
Virgin Australia has flown its last commercial flight with the Embraer E-Jet, after E190 VH-ZPH operated flight VA1105 from Newcastle to Brisbane on Saturday. Wet and sombre skies greeted the E190 in Brisbane, where it touched down at 12:51 local time following a one hour and eight minute flight from Newcastle, flight tracking website Flightaware
Cathay Pacific plans to grow its presence in Australia with larger aircraft, including potentially the Airbus A350-1000, as it works within the available traffic rights for Hong Kong-based airlines. The oneworld alliance member operates the maximum allowable number of 70 flights a week for Hong Kong flag carriers to Australia’s four major gateways of Brisbane,
