Pitch Black 14 gets underway
Some 110 aircraft and 2,300 personnel from Australia, the US, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates and France are due to take part in Exerise Pitch Black 14, which began on Friday. The three-week long exercise will see participants conducting offensive counter air and defensive counter air missions from RAAF Bases Darwin and
ANA set to claim 787-9 bragging rights?
Japan’s All Nippon Airways looks set to pip Air New Zealand to the line as the first operator of the Boeing 787-9 on a scheduled commercial flight. ANA’s first 787-9 flight will take place on August 7, with NH241 due to depart Tokyo Haneda at 0725 local time bound for Fukuoka, the airline announced on
SIA posts sharp profit drop
In a sign how the disappearance of MH370 and political turmoil in Thailand has hit airlines in the region, Singapore Airlines has reported a sharp drop in first quarter profit amid “unforeseen events” and intense competition. SIA posted net profit of $S34.8 million ($A30 million) for the three months to June 30 2014, down 71
Adelaide Airport reports passenger boost
Adelaide Airport has posted a hefty increase in international passengers over the past year as airlines added new services to overseas destination, handling 908,000 international passengers in the 12 months to June 30 2014, up 25.5 per cent from the prior corresponding period. Adelaide Airport managing director Mark Young said it was the third consecutive year
Qantas, LAN expand codeshare services
Qantas and LAN have expanded their partnership with a number of new codeshare destinations in Australia and South America. Qantas said on Thursday it would place its QF code on LAN-operated services from Santiago to six destinations in South America – La Serena, Antofagasta and Punta Arenas in Chile, Lima in Peru and Rio de
Countdown begins for first 787-9 commercial flight
The race is on between All Nippon Airways and Air New Zealand for bragging rights as the first airline to operate the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner on a scheduled commercial flight. Air NZ was the first to take delivery of the new aircraft, when the all-black painted ZK-NZE landed at Auckland Airport on July 11. The
