CASA extends limitations on Jabiru-powered aircraft
The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has extended the operating restrictions for those flying Jabiru-powered aircraft. The regulator said those precautionary measures would be maintained until the cause of some power-related problems associated with the Jabiru engines were identified and rectified. “Collaborative efforts involving Jabiru, Recreational Aviation Australia and the Sport Aircraft Association of Australia
Another Qantas 747-400 has flown off into retirement with the departure of VH-OJI from Sydney bound for Honolulu and Mojave, California, where it faces an uncertain future in storage. Operating as QF6021 VH-OJI took off from Sydney at – appropriately enough – 7:47am on Saturday, with flight tracking website flightaware.com showing it arriving in Honolulu 8
Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce says the decision to reject an operating licence for Jetstar Hong Kong (JHK) serves the vested interests of those already flying and leaves the travelling public worse off. Hong Kong’s Air Transport Licensing Authority has knocked back Jetstar Hong Kong’s application to fly, leaving the proposed low-cost carrier facing an
Bombardier delivers 500th Q400 turboprop
Bombardier has celebrated the delivery of its 500th Q400 turboprop with a special ceremony at its Toronto facilities. The milestone Q400 was delivered to Canadian carrier WestJet Encore on Thursday (Canada time) in front of more than 500 of the airline’s staff, as well as Bombardier employees and government guests. This latest aircraft is the
Jetstar Hong Kong refused operating licence
After more than two years’ of deliberations, Hong Kong’s Air Transport Licensing Authority (ALTA) has formally rejected Jetstar Hong Kong’s application for an operating licence. In a 150-page finding published on Thursday, the authority deemed that Jetstar Hong Kong did not meet the legal requirement of Hong Kong being the planned low cost carrier’s principal place of
First RAAF C-27J touches down
The first of 10 Alenia C-27J Spartan tactical airlifters for the RAAF has touched down at its new home of RAAF Base Richmond. The aircraft, A34-001, landed at Richmond at approximately 3:45 on Thursday afternoon at the end of the last leg of its delivery flight from prime contractor L-3’s Waco, Texas facility, where it departed on
