Rex disappointed with “token” $1mln enroute scheme
Regional Express says it is disappointed with the government’s revival of the enroute subsidy scheme given it offers only a fraction of the assistance available from the previous scheme. Rex chief operating officer Neville Howell says the $1 million a year for four years to cover air navigation charges from Airservices represented just 15 per cent of
Delivery of Virgin Australia’s newest A330 nears as another leaves fleet
Virgin Australia’s newest Airbus A330-200 has been sighted at the Airbus factory in Toulouse, France, as its delivery date nears. The aircraft has been allocated the Australian registration VH-XFJ, and is due to be delivered to Australia before the end of September and operate its first scheduled passenger flight in the first week of October. It is the sixth and
Qantas returns to Canada with nonstop summer services to Vancouver
Qantas is to operate nonstop flights to Canada for the first time, with six seasonal return services between Sydney and Vancouver planned for January 2015. The direct flights will be operated by three-class Boeing 747-400 aircraft and will run twice a week between January 3-22, Qantas said on Tuesday. Flight QF75 will leave Sydney on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 1450
New colours, name for “Brett’s Jet”
Virgin Australia has repainted and renamed the Boeing 737-800 which was named Brett’s Jet after Virgin Blue founding chief executive Brett Godfrey. The 737, VH-BZG, was one of the last aircraft in the Virgin Australia fleet still wearing the old Virgin Blue colours, and was repainted by Flying Colours in Townsville over late August-early September. It
New RAAF Air Commander
Newly-promoted Air Vice-Marshal Gavin Turnbull has been appointed Air Commander Australia (ACAUST), replacing Air Vice-Marshal Mel Hupfeld, who in turn has been appointed Head Capability Systems in the Defence Department’s Capability Development Group. “Personnel from Headquarters Air Command have had a critical role in planning large scale exercises to maintain readiness for joint operations, including the recent
Industry welcomes government revival of enroute scheme
While the regional aviation sector has welcomed the revival of a scheme that subsidises the cost of navigation charges for flights to smaller regional centres, it says the new $1 million a year scheme is much smaller than the one it replaces. The federal government said on Monday it would spend $1 million a year
