Qantas to purchase 30 million litres of biofuel for ex-Los Angeles flights
Qantas plans to fuel up its flights from Los Angeles to Australia with biofuel from 2020 thanks to a 10-year deal to purchase some 30 million litres of the renewable fuel as part of efforts to reduce carbon emissions. The fuel would be produced by US-based SG Preston and comprise of a 50:50 split of
Final EC135 training helicopter delivered to Australia
The final Airbus Helicopters EC135 T2+ training helicopter for the Helicopter Aircrew Training System project has arrived in Australia. This last aircraft delivery in late August marked the completion of the training fleet for the project that will provide ab initio training to Royal Australian Navy and Australian Army students at HMAS Albatross, Boeing stated
Emirates dropping Brisbane and Melbourne to Auckland services
Emirates says it is further reducing trans-Tasman services in favour of more Qantas-operated flights as part of the pair’s global alliance. The airline will cease daily Melbourne-Auckland and Brisbane-Auckland flights by March 2018, leaving Sydney-Christchurch as its only trans-Tasman service, having dropped Sydney-Auckland in June. Further, Emirates has also flagged more nonstop services between Dubai
Air New Zealand lifting capacity to Houston in 2018
Air New Zealand is adding extra flights to Houston in 2018 in response to strong demand. The Star Alliance member plans to increase its five times a week service on the Auckland-Houston route to daily or six times weekly during a six-month period from from March 25 to October 27 2018. This represented an additional
Fly Corporate begins flights to Melbourne Essendon
Regional carrier Fly Corporate has expanded into Victoria for the first time with the start of nonstop flights between Melbourne Essendon and Orange. The inaugural service took off from Orange on Monday morning, with flight FC332 operated by Saab 340B VH-VEM touching down at Melbourne Essendon about 90 minutes later, where it received a traditional
RFDS South Eastern Section gets FAST on engine monitoring
The Royal Flying Doctor Service South Eastern Section (RFDS SE) has signed up to Pratt & Whitney Canada’s (PW&C) FAST prognostics engine monitoring program for its Beechcraft King Air fleet. The FAST (full flight data acquisition, storage and transmission) program is designed to gather and analyse full-flight data after each mission and provide situational awareness
