Antonov spotted at Alice Springs Airport
Aviation enthusiasts at Alice Springs have been treated to the sight of a Russian Antonov 74-200 at the city’s airport since December 22. It was understood that the UT Air cargo aircraft arrived in Australia on December 20 on a diplomatic mission from Kuala Lumpur, first landing in Broome and then onwards to Canberra. On
Fiji Airways orders fourth A330
Fiji Airways has flagged opening a new destination in Asia as the airline confirms delivery of a new Airbus A330-300 aircraft due to arrive in December 2015. The aircraft will join the carrier’s existing three Airbus A330-200s, which fly from the island nation to Australia, New Zealand, the US and its sole Asian city Hong
Airlines confident ex-Skytrans routes will be taken up
Hinterland Aviation managing director Mark Dorward says he expects air links to communities affected by the voluntary shutdown of Skytrans to be restored by other airlines once the dust settles. Skytrans chief executive Simon Wild’s decision to stop flying on Friday January 2 and wind up the company after 25 years of operations has left
Victoria’s two large air tankers have been called into service in South Australia as part of the state’s efforts to contain bushfires north-east of Adelaide. The two aircraft – a Lockheed C-130Q Hercules and an Avro RJ85 – were operating out of RAAF Base Edinburgh. The RAAF has provided logistics support to the firefighting effort. SA
Ten WW1 aircraft heading to Avalon from NZ
Ten New Zealand-based World War One aircraft have confirmed their attendance at the 2015 Avalon Airshow, where they will join other aircraft from the era to participate in simulated air attack manoeuvres. The aircraft were “perfect full-sized replicas” and included many marquee names of pioneer military aviation, Avalon Airshow said in a statement on Tuesday.
Second RAAF Air Task Group to deploy to the Middle East
The RAAF is to shortly replace its Air Task Group (ATG) which is deployed to Al Minhad Air Base, UAE, from where it is has been taking part in anti-ISIL combat operations over Iraq as part of Operation Okra. Ahead of their return home to Australia some of the 400-personnel strong first Air Task Group were visited by Chief of
