Pitch Black 2016 wraps up
Exercise Pitch Black 2016, the Royal Australian Air Force’s largest training activity of the year, has drawn to a close with a ceremony at RAAF Base Darwin on August 19. During the exercise, up to 80 aircraft were launched each wave to complete complex air and ground-based missions; in all, the exercise featured more than
Qantas to bring Australia’s Rio Olympic athletes home in special livery 747
After 16 days of competition, Australia’s Olympic athletes will soon begin the long journey home from Rio de Janeiro on a Qantas Boeing 747-400ER decked out in special livery. The aircraft to bring the team back to Australia, VH-OEJ, left Sydney on Saturday morning operating QF73 bound for San Francisco. The aircraft features a Boxing Kangaroo
Air NZ dumps 777-300ER Spaceseat
Air New Zealand says it will remove the Spaceseat premium economy seats from its Boeing 777-300ER fleet just five years after they started flying in 2011. In its place on board the seven 777-300ERs will be a more standard forward facing premium economy seat already flying on board the airline’s Boeing 777-200ER and 787-9 widebodies,
KC-30 refuels F-16s on operations for the first time
A RAAF KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport has completed the type’s first operational refuelling of a fighter aircraft using its Aerial Refuelling Boom System. The boom was used to refuel two US Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcons of the 480th Fighter Squadron during a mission in the Middle East, Defence announced on August 19. “The KC-30A is highly regarded
Jetgo is adding a new destination from Melbourne Essendon Airport with flights to Port Macquarie to begin in November. The regional carrier said the service between Essendon and Port Macquarie on the NSW mid north coast would operate four times a week with Embraer ERJ-135LR jets from November 7. It will be the only nonstop
Tigerair shows big improvement in punctuality in 2015/16
Tigerair Australia has emerged as the biggest improver in punctuality in 2015/16, new figures show, with the increase in operational reliability resulting in higher customer satisfaction scores. The Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) report showed 84.4 per cent of Tigerair’s domestic flights arrived within 15 minutes of schedule in the 12 months
