Silkair Australia's first Boeing 737 MAX operator
Darwin has welcomed Australia’s first scheduled Boeing 737 MAX passenger flight, with Silkair’s MI801 touching down in the Northern Territory capital a few minutes before 1500 local time on Sunday. Silkair’s inaugural MAX service, operated by 9V-MBC, covered the 1,804nm journey between Singapore and Darwin in a little over four and a half hours. The
First Airbus A321neo ACF variant breaks cover at Hamburg
Airbus has rolled out the first A321neo Airbus Cabin Flex (ACF) aircraft, the largest variant of the company’s A320 narrowbody family that is designed to seat up to 240 passengers. The first A321neo ACF, powered by CFM Leap-1A engines, was unveiled at Airbus’s Hamburg facility on January 5 (European time) after completing final assembly. The
The Malaysian government is set to announce it has accepted an offer from a private company to resume the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, media reports say. US-based Ocean Infinity, which first made the offer to Malaysia in October 2017, has one of its search vessels, the Seabed Constructor, en route from Durban
L3 establishes three international boards
L3 Technologies has established local boards of directors in three of its key international focus markets. The new boards will support L3’s military and commercial businesses in Australia, Canada and the UK, and will support the development of and promote strategic initiatives in their respective regions. “We continue to focus on accelerating L3’s international business
NSW government considers Lord Howe Island runway extension
The NSW Department of Transport says it is investigating a runway extension at Lord Howe Island Airport after signing a new four-year deal with QantasLink to maintain air links to the island. Lord Howe Island Airport, located about 425nm east of Sydney in the Pacific Ocean, has a single runway in an east-west orientation that
The University of South Australia will be able to offer multi-crew cooperation (MCC) pilot training courses with the acquisition of a new flight simulator, which was due to be delivered in December and be certified and ready for operations for the start of the new university year in 2018. The university has chosen New Zealand-based Pacific
