Queensland aerospace student scholarships awarded
Queensland’s Aerospace Industry Education Awards has handed out $25,000 worth of scholarships to support students keen to work in aviation and aerospace once they leave school. The scholarships were presented at Parliament House in Brisbane on Tuesday. There are 17 schools that are part of the Gateway to Industry Schools program for aerospace. The program,
Qantas to operate Los Angeles to Melbourne biofuel flight
Qantas says its will power a Boeing 787-9 flight between Melbourne and Los Angeles with a type of biojet in early 2018 as part of efforts to support local production of seed crops necessary to produce sustainable aviation biofuels. The airline said the biofuel for the flight would be made from a type of mustard
Virgin Australia’s new Melbourne-Hong Kong service that commenced on July 5 2017 has been on average more than two-thirds full during the first two months of operations, new figures show. An analysis of the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) monthly reports on international passenger traffic indicated Virgin Australia carried 15,818 passengers (7,887
Hawaiian joins A321neo club
Hawaiian Airlines has taken delivery of its first Airbus A321neo, becoming the seventh operator of the larger-capacity, extended-range narrowbody. The carrier’s first A321neo N202HA, was officially welcomed at Honolulu International Airport on November 16. The aircraft has been named “Maile”, a vine native to Hawaii and traditionally used for lei making and celebrations. A silver
Qantas and SriLankan expand codeshares
Qantas and SriLankan Airlines have expanded their codeshare agreement to include more options for travel from Australia and New Zealand to Sri Lanka. Under the new arrangements, the Australian carrier will add its QF airline code on SriLankan nonstop flights between Colombo and Bangkok, as well as between Colombo and Hong Kong. Meanwhile, SriLankan will
Qantas says 15 737-800s now equipped with WI-FI, with cricket to be streamed live this summer
Qantas says it has installed inflight internet WI-FI on 15 Boeing 737-800s as it prepares to live stream this summer’s Ashes cricket series, while work on equipping its fleet of domestic A330 aircraft with connectivity to commence in early 2018. The airline said on Friday it expected to have 80 aircraft – a combination of
