RAAF C-17A completes Antarctic cargo air drop
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has conducted an air-to-air refuelling over the sub-Antarctic region for the first time to deliver about 10,500kg of cargo to researchers at Australia’s Davis Research Station. A RAAF C-17A Globemaster III conducted the air drop on Wednesday, taking off from Melbourne Avalon Airport carrying fresh food such as carrots,
Qantas uses 747 to deliver extra fuel to Auckland
Qantas has ferried extra fuel from Sydney to Auckland on a Boeing 747-400 as part of efforts to minimise disruption due to fuel shortages at the airport. Airlines have been battling restricted fuel supplies at Auckland Airport since Sunday, after a pipeline which connects a refinery to the Wiri Oil Services facility near the airport
First Qantas 787 emerges from the paintshop
Qantas’s first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner has been rolled out from the paintshop ahead of making its first flight later this week. The aircraft, which wears the airline’s new colour scheme and the registration VH-ZNA (but no sign of its Australian-inspired name), emerged from the paintshop at Boeing’s Everett facility early Wednesday morning US time. Qantas
Singapore Airlines describes first year of Canberra service as “exciting and challenging”
Singapore Airlines (SIA) says India, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom have been the most popular destinations during an “exciting and challenging” first year of its Capital Express service linking Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. The Singapore-Canberra-Wellington flights kicked off a year ago on September 20 2016, when SQ291 operated by Boeing 777-200 9V-SRP took
Hainan Airlines begins service to Brisbane
Virgin Australia alliance partner and HNA Group carrier Hainan Airlines has added Brisbane to its growing Oceania route network with the start of nonstop flights between Shenzhen and Brisbane. Flight HU411, operated by Airbus A330-200 B-5963 landed at Brisbane at about 0930 on Thursday, following its near nine-hour journey from Shenzhen. The aircraft was on
CASA extends deadline for submissions to drone review
Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) given interested parties another week to get their submissions in to its review into commercial and recreational operations of remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS), or drones. The deadline for public comment to its discussion paper has been pushed back to Friday, September 29, CASA said in a statement on
