Air NZ to deploy 787 to Fiji
Air New Zealand will operate the Boeing 787-9 to the Pacific Islands for the first time in November when it commences seasonal Dreamliner service between Auckland and Nadi. The inaugural 787 flight is scheduled to take place on November 27 and the Boeing twin will remain on the route until March 2016, Air NZ said
Ten WW1 widows set to depart for Turkey
There will be 10 special passengers on board Qantas’s one-off flight to Turkey when it takes off from Sydney Airport on Tuesday evening. The Boeing 747-400ER VH-OEI that will make the journey from Kingsford Smith to Istanbul’s Sabiha Gökçen Airport via Perth is carrying 10 widows of World War One veterans who are headed to
LAN 787 flights to Sydney via Auckland underway
Chile flag carrier LAN has commenced Boeing 787 operations to Australia and New Zealand from its Santiago hub. The airline’s first flight with the Dreamliner on the Santiago-Auckland-Sydney route took off from Comodoro Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport just after midnight on Friday April 17, with LA801 landing in Auckland little before 0400 local time
ACCC extends consultation period for proposed China Eastern-Qantas alliance
Australia’s competition regulator has given Qantas more time respond to its draft ruling blocking the airline’s proposed alliance with China Eastern. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) had indicated it intended to block the proposed alliance in a draft ruling on March 24, and submissions in response to that determination were due by April
CareFlight’s rapid response captures dramatic image
This dramatic image taken by Aircrewman David Gardiner shows CareFlight’s rapid response BK117, callsigned ‘CareFlight 4’, shortly after landing on the busy Pennant Hills Road in Sydney’s north-west late in the afternoon on April 18. Police had stopped northbound traffic to allow the BK to land briefly to drop off its medical crew to attend to a
Sydney Airport names Trevor Gerber new chairman
Long-time Sydney Airport director Trevor Gerber has been named as the company’s next chairman. Gerber, who has been on the board since 2002, will formally take his seat as chairman following Sydney Airport’s annual general meeting on May 14 2015, subject to his re-election as a director. He replaces Max Moore-Wilton, who is stepping down
