Alliance wins new Santos contract
Alliance Airlines has signed a new five-year contract with Santos covering the oil and gas company’s operations in South Australia. As part of the new deal, Alliance will start jet services from Adelaide to Santos’ oil and gas operations in the Cooper Basin. “The initial requirement is for Alliance to operate between 10 and 16 services
First A350-1000 enters final assembly line
Airbus has added three new A350 stations at its Toulouse facility as the manufacturer begins final assembly of the first of three A350-1000 flight test aircraft while it increases production of the A350-900. The first A350-1000 has entered the final assembly line and is expected to begin test flights before the end of 2016, Airbus said
Truss retires from politics
Warren Truss, the minister who unlike so many of his predecessors managed to get work started on building an airport at Sydney’s Badgerys Creek, has resigned from parliament. The veteran politician stepped down as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development, as well as leader of the National Party, on February 11.
Truss set to retire from politics: reports
Media reports say Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Warren Truss is set to retire from politics before the next federal election. While the official announcement is expected on Thursday, multiple news reports published on Wednesday afternoon indicate Truss will step down in March and not contest the next election. Truss,
Mitsubishi Regional Jet to resume flight test program
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation says says its Regional Jet program has resumed flight tests. The test flight conducted on Wednesday afternoon is the fourth test flight of the MRJ. The first flight took place on November 12. “Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation today resumed flight tests of the FTA-1 for the MRJ (Mitsubishi Regional Jet),” the company said
Airbus A321neo completes first flight test
Airbus has completed the first flight test of its A321neo narrowbody powered by CFM Leap-1A engines. The maiden flight with the A321neo (new engine option), which is the largest of Airbus’s A320 family of single-aisle aircraft, took off from Finkenwerder Airport near Hamburg on February 9 (European time). Airbus said the flight lasted five hours
