C-27J Spartan to be based at Amberley
RAAF Base Amberley is set to become the operating base for 35SQN and the future fleet of 10 Alenia C-27J Spartan battlefield airlifters that are expected to arrive in Australia in 2015, Air Force News has reported. The first aircraft are anticipated to initially be based at RAAF Base Richmond when they begin arriving early next
Is Etihad’s James Hogan aviation’s most influential Australian?
Etihad Airways’ Australian president and chief executive officer, James Hogan, was in his element at the rollout of his airline’s first Airbus A380 in Hamburg on Thursday night. The rollout of the airline’s new flagship aircraft, and with it the public reveal of the airline’s smart new livery, is a significant milestone for the Abu
Domestic capacity, load factors fall in July
Australian domestic carriers experienced lower load factors in July despite cutting capacity in the local market. The Bureau of Infrastructure and Regional Economics (BITRE) said the number of passengers carried on regular public transport (RPT) domestic flights fell 1.4 per cent to 5.05 million in July. The decline outpaced the 1.2 per cent reduction in
Rob Gurney lands role at Emirates
Former Qantas executive Rob Gurney has been appointed to a senior role with the Flying Kangaroo’s alliance partner Emirates. Gurney will start on October 1 as Emirates’ divisional vice president for commercial operations in Australasia, the airline said in a statement on Friday. He replaces Bryan Banson, who is leaving the Dubai-headquartered carrier on October 10. “The
New livery debuts with the rollout of Etihad’s first A380
Etihad Airways has used the rollout ceremony of its first Airbus A380 to publicly debut the airline’s new livery. The first of 10 A380s on order, the aircraft (wearing the UAE registration A6-APA) was rolled out to guests and media at Airbus’s Hamburg, Germany facilities in a ceremony on Thursday evening. The A380 is yet to
New era for the A320 as neo makes first flight
Airbus’s re-engined development of its A320 narrowbody airliner, the A320neo (New Engine Option), made its first flight on Wednesday. The first A320neo development aircraft, F-WNEO MSN6101, took off on its maiden flight from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport at 1200 local time. Onboard were test pilots Philippe Pellerin and Etienne Miche de Malleray and flight test engineers Jean-Paul Lambert, Manfred Birnfeld and Sandra Bour-Schaeffer.
