Contract extension to see GE support RAAF Super Hornet, Growler F414 engines to 2025
The federal government has signed a $232 million contract extension with GE to provide sustainment for F/A-18F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler engines for the Royal Australian Air Force, Minister for Defence Industry Christopher Pyne has announced. Under the new arrangement, GE is set to provide engineering, supply and maintenance support for 84 engines until
FlyPelican launches new Dubbo-Canberra service
Regional carrier FlyPelican is adding a second route from Dubbo with nonstop flights to Canberra starting on January 30. The services will be operated by 19-seat Jetstream 32 aircraft and run seven times a week, FlyPelican said on Friday. The airline’s schedules show two flights a day on Mondays and Fridays, with a single return service on
Half price books in time for Christmas
Stuck for Christmas gift ideas? The three most popular books for sale on the Australian Aviation website are currently available for half price – The Sky is not the Limit, The life of Australia’s Top Gun; Air Force, The inside story of the modern Royal Australian Air Force and its people in an action-packed period
Qantas signs up GE for carbon offset program
GE Australia has signed up with Qantas’s carbon offset program Future Planet. The engine manufacturer has committed to support Qantas’s efforts to offset carbon emissions from its flights through backing projects around the world. Qantas head of environment Alan Milne said this latest partnership extended a relationship with GE that stretches back many years,
Navy LADS Dash 8 deploys to New Zealand
The Royal Australian Navy’s only fixed-wing aircraft, its contractor-operated Dash 8 Laser Airborne Depth Sounder (LADS) platform is due to arrive in New Zealand on Thursday to survey part of the earthquake-hit South Island’s coastline. Defence said in a statement on Thursday that the aircraft will conduct a hydrographic survey of the sea floor in the coastal margins
Virgin Australia, airberlin expand codeshare partnership
German-based airberlin has added New Zealand to its offline network thanks to new codesharing arrangements with Virgin Australia for trans-Tasman services. The expanded codeshare agreement covers 10 routes from Australia to five New Zealand destinations, airberlin said in a statement on Wednesday (European time). The move follows an earlier agreement for airberlin to place its
