A wing flap found off the coast of Africa in late June believed to be from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has been sent to Canberra for further analysis. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) and Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia said the piece of aircraft debris was discovered on Pemba Island near Tanzania on
Air NZ clears gate to gate Bluetooth use
In a boon for wearable tech devotees, Air New Zealand says passengers on its domestic and international flights will be able to operate their Bluetooth devices ‘gate to gate’ from this Thursday, provided the devices are set to flight mode. “This means customers can remain connected with their wearable Bluetooth tech such as Fitbit devices,
Hainan to return to Sydney
Hainan Airlines will return to Sydney from September when it resumes services from Xi’an and commences new Changsha-Sydney flights. Twice-weekly flights from Changsha, in China’s south-central province of Hunan, will begin on September 15, while twice-weekly flights from Xi’an will resume on September 17, Sydney Airport announced last week. The flights will be operated by 250-seat Airbus A330-200s.
Photos – Sea Stallion lands aboard HMAS Canberra
A United States Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion has landed aboard HMAS Canberra for the first time, becoming the largest helicopter type to land abroad an Australian LHD amphibious assault ship. The heavy lift helicopter from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463 landed on HMAS Canberra’s flightdeck on July 17 as the ship was off the coast of Hawaii
Bombardier’s clean-sheet CSeries has completed its maiden commercial flight with launch customer Swiss. The CS100, registration HB-JBA, operated flight LX638 on Friday (European time), taking off from Zurich at 1230 and touching down at Paris Charles de Gaulle about two hours later. Swiss has named the aircraft Kanton Zurich. There were celebrations at Zurich airport
BFTS marks 250,000 flying hours
A formation flight of 16 CT-4B Airtrainers on July 12 has marked 250,000 flying hours by the type with the ADF’s Basic Flying Training School (BFTS). Based at Tamworth, BAE Systems Australia has operated BTFS under contract since 1999 to provide initial pilot training and pilot screening for all three arms of the ADF, with
