Jetstar Japan will start international flights from February 28 2015 as the low-cost carrier builds up its newly opened Osaka base with a daily service to Hong Kong. The new route will be served with Airbus A320 aircraft, with Hong Kong Jetstar Japan’s first international destination since the airline began operations in 2012. The start
Truss calls for fresh look at Pel-Air ditching
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Warren Truss wants the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) to take another look at the Pel-Air Westwind corporate jet ditching off the coast of Norfolk Island in 2009. Truss told parliament a review of the ATSB’s investigation of the accident by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Canada’s TSB publishes critical review of ATSB
Investigators at the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) did not follow proper process and had poor oversight during an investigation into the ditching of a Pel-Air Westwind aircraft off the coast of Norfolk Island in 2009, a report says. The conclusions are found in the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) review of the ATSB
New Cobham RJ85 delivered
A new Arvo RJ85 for Cobham Aviation Services has arrived in Australia. The aircraft, registered G-CDYK and painted in the new Cobham colours, touched down at Adelaide shortly after midday on Monday. It will now undergo some maintenance work in Adelaide before it is ferried to Western Australia to start work flying to Gold Fields
NSW Police aviation branch adds two aircraft
NSW Police has added a Bell 412EPI and a Cessna Grand Caravan EX to its aviation support branch. Named PolAir 5 and PolAir 7, the pair was inducted into service at Bankstown Airport on Sunday, boosting the aviation support branch’s fleet to five helicopters and two fixed-wing aircraft. It was the largest fleet of police
Canberra farewells the Qantas 767 as retirement nears
Canberra Airport has said farewell to the Qantas Boeing 767 after the airline operated its last flight with the twin-aisle aircraft to the national capital on Sunday night. The countdown to the eventual exit of all 767-300ERs from the Qantas fleet on December 27 is well and truly underway, with the Flying Kangaroo down to five operating
