First Airbus A350-1000 rolls out from paintshop
Airbus has rolled out the first completed A350-1000 at its Toulouse manufacturing facility. The aircraft, which has production number MSN059 and temporary registration F-WMIL, emerged from the paint shop on Friday, July 29, minus a pair of powerplants on each wing. Airbus has also released a video on YouTube of the aircraft being painted: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV97JZkqd0Q
Pitch Black 2016 begins
The RAAF’s major multinational large-force employment exercise, Pitch Black, is under way. Up to 115 aircraft and 2,500 personnel from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Indonesia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand and the US are participating in the three-week long Exercise Pitch Black 2016, which officially began on July 29 and continues through to August 19. Flying operations began on
Emirates moves to all-A380 operation at Perth
Emirates has upgauged the second of its two daily Perth-Dubai flights to the Airbus A380. The change to the three-class A380 on the Qantas alliance partner’s morning departure from Perth and overnight service from Dubai took effect from Monday, adding about 100,000 extra seats between Perth and Dubai. The EK424 and EK425 rotation was previously
Cessna Denali a step up from PC-12 – Hawker Pacific
Hawker Pacific expects the recently-launched Cessna Denali to prove particularly attractive for aeromedical service providers looking to upgrade from the Pilatus PC-12. Textron Aviation unveiled a mockup of its clean-sheet single-engine turboprop design, which is expected to make its first flight some time in 2018, at the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture at Oshkosh, Wisconsin this week. Powered
The Netherlands and Luxembourg have signed a memorandum of understanding committing them to the acquisition of two Airbus Defence and Space A330 Multi Role Tanker Transports (MRTTs) to be operated by NATO. The two NATO-owned aircraft are due to be delivered in 2020 and will be based at Eindhoven Air Base, allowing the retirement of
ATSB investigating loss of separation between Jetstar A320 and Malaysia AirAsia X A330 near Gold Coast Airport
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has confirmed it is investigating the circumstances where a Jetstar Airbus A320 and Malaysia AirAsia X A330 managed to fly too close to each other near Gold Coast Airport. The incident, which took place about six kilometres north of Gold Coast Airport on July 21, involved an inbound Jetstar
