Citation Latitude heading to Australia for demonstration tour
Aeromil Pacific will officially launch the Cessna Citation Latitude in Australia at Sydney Airport on October 8 ahead of a demonstration tour around the country. The nine-seat Citation Latitude and achieved certification from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in June 2015, allowing first deliveries began in August. The aircraft is powered by Pratt & Whitney PW306D1s and has
Jetstar ends A330 operations, moves to all-787 long-haul fleet
Jetstar has completed the transition of its long-haul flying to an all-Boeing 787 operation, with its final Airbus A330 service touching down on Friday when VH-EBE operating flight JQ6 from Honolulu to Brisbane landed just before 1700 local time. It marks the end of a two-year transition from the A330-200 to the 787-8, following delivery of Jetstar’s
Skidmore a Fellow of Royal Aeronautical Society
Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) director of aviation safety Mark Skidmore has been named a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS). RAeS Australian Division president John Vincent presented Skidmore with his Fellow certificate at the recently concluded 2015 Safeskies conference in Canberra. Vincent said the Fellow was the highest grade of membership at the
Finnair to become world’s third A350 operator in early October
Finnair will be the world’s third operator of the Airbus A350 from early October when it takes delivery of its first A350-900. The oneworld alliance member is due to receive the first of 19 A350s on order on October 7 from Airbus headquarters in Toulouse, joining Qatar Airways and Vietnam Airlines as operators of the
KC-46 makes first flight
After a delay of eight months, Boeing’s KC-46A tanker-transport has made its first flight, taking off from Paine Field, Everett on September 25 on a four hour test flight before landing at Boeing Field, Seattle. “This first tanker flight is a key milestone for the program and we’ll now begin free air stability tests and
DC-10 firefighting tanker arrives in Australia
A McDonnell Douglas DC-10 Very Large Air Tanker (VLAT) has touched down in Brisbane on its way to joining the NSW Rural Fire Service’s firefighting air fleet. The DC-10, which will be under contract from 10 Tanker Air Carrier in Albuquerque, New Mexico in the United States, is expected to be based at RAAF Base
