Airbus A350-1000 to visit Auckland and Sydney on global demonstration tour
Airbus says it will bring the largest variant of its A350 family to Australia and New Zealand as part of a 30,000nm demonstration tour across the Asia-Pacific and Middle East. The A350-1000, MSN065 F-WLXV, began its 12-city trip on January 26 (European time), with its first destination after departing from Toulouse the Qatari capital Doha.
Boeing, CSIRO announce new space partnership
Scientists from Boeing and Australia’s peak science research agency CSIRO will work together on space projects as part of a new partnership between the two long-time collaborators. The new initiative will feature joint research and development on space technologies with a focus on the developing needs of the Australian space market, Boeing said in a
Bombardier has received a boost with a surprise ruling in its favour from the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) in its dispute with Boeing over its C Series aircraft. The C Series struck controversy in 2017, when Boeing complained to the US government Bombardier sold the aircraft to Delta Air Lines at unfairly low
Marand opens new F-35 tail production facility
Minister for Defence Industry Christopher Pyne opened a new Marand Precision Engineering F-35A tail manufacturing facility in Melbourne on January 24. The Moorabbin facility, which was partly funded through a grant from Defence’s New Air Combat Capability Industry Support Program, will support 44 new production jobs and will manufacture vertical tail for the F-35 program.
RAAF Growler catches fire after takeoff incident during Exercise Red Flag
An apparent engine failure has seen an RAAF EA-18G Growler catch fire after an aborted takeoff from Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada on Saturday morning US time. “Defence can confirm an incident involving an EA-18G Growler at Nellis Air Force Base during Exercise Red Flag. Royal Australian Air Force personnel are safe and no serious
Philippine Airlines to go nonstop on Manila-Brisbane from March
Philippine Airlines (PAL) will offer nonstop flights to Brisbane from its Manila hub from late March with Airbus A340-300s. The new three times weekly service begins on March 27 2018 and replaces the current one-stop option via Darwin with Airbus A320 narrowbodies. It will increase to four flights a week from May 1 2018, PAL
