A350 makes Perth flying visit
Airbus’s A350 has made its second and final visit to Australia as part of the aircraft’s route proving flight campaign. Development aircraft MSN5, F-WWYB, touched down at Perth about 15:15 on Sunday after flying in from Doha, Qatar, on the last of four route proving flights it has been undertaking to demonstrate the A350’s readiness
First Qantas A330-300 repainted in ‘new’ livery
The first Qantas Airbus A330-300 has been repainted in the airline’s not-so-new corporate colours. Pictured here at Sydney Airport on August 4, A330 VH-QPC was repainted in the airline’s new colour scheme – first revealed in July 2007 – in Singapore, where it had undergone maintenance. The aircraft returned to Australia in the new colours
Tigerair, Sydney Airport resolve dispute
Tigerair Australia says it has withdrawn its legal challenge against Sydney Airport after the two parties reached a new agreement on the low-cost carrier’s access to infrastructure at the airport. In July, Tigerair took Sydney Airport to the National Competition Council (NCC) seeking increased access to terminal gates, check-in counters and kiosks at Terminal two.
Qantas to fly four times a week to Honolulu from December
Qantas will add an extra flight to Hawaii from December 20, when it will fly four times a week from Sydney to Honolulu, up from three currently. Qantas executive manager of global sales and offshore operations Stephen Thompson said Honolulu was one of the airline’s most popular destinations and demand continued to grow. “Increasing capacity
Air New Zealand operates first 787 service
With little fanfare Air New Zealand operated its first Boeing 787 revenue flights on Saturday when 787-9 ZK-NZE operated NZ103 from Auckland to Sydney and the return NZ104 service back to Auckland. ZK-NZE departed Auckland at 09:25 local time, and despite fog at Sydney Airport earlier in the morning causing widespread delays and diversions, it was able
Air New Zealand turns to the sun
Air New Zealand has turned on New’s Zealand’s largest single solar array to date at its technical operations base at Auckland Airport. A total of 480 solar panels has been fitted to an area of 750 metres square on one of Air NZ’s hangars. The array is estimated to produce 160,000KwH of electricity each year
