Etihad to launch Brisbane 787-9 flights
Etihad has announced plans to operate daily non-stop flights between Brisbane and Abu Dhabi from June next year using Boeing 787-9s. The non-stop flights, which will begin on June 1, will replace the airline’s existing daily one-stop flights to Abu Dhabi which operate via Singapore with Airbus A330-200s. “The introduction of the first ever daily
Photo report: Air New Zealand shows off first 787-9
Air New Zealand has shown off its first 787-9 to media a day ahead of the aircraft’s delivery flight to Auckland. These images show some of the feaures of the 301-seat airliner, including the airline’s famous ‘cuddle class’ Skycouch, new IFE system and off-the-rack premium economy seats (rather than the Spaceseat premium economy seat design
Boeing & SIA Engineering establish maintenance JV
Boeing and SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC) have signed an agreement to form Boeing Asia Pacific Aviation Services to provide engineering, spare parts, and repair and maintenance services for Boeing aircraft in the region. The joint venture has signed contracts for maintenance and engineering services to cover Scoot’s fleet of 20 787s currently on order as
Emirates finalises Boeing 777X launch order
The terms of the massive launch order for 150 Boeing 777-8X and -9X models from Emirates Airline which was announced at last year’s Dubai Airshow have been finalised. A statement from Boeing says the order is valued at US$56 billion at list prices, although it’s unlikely that, as launch customer, Emirates paid anywhere near that
Qantas to cut more engineering jobs
Qantas will cut 167 jobs from its Engineering division as part of the group’s ongoing efforts to turn around its flagging fortunes. The job losses are part of some 5,000 jobs cuts the airline is implementing, and will come from Sydney and Melbourne and reportedly include front line engineers and back office support staff. Media
Boeing and Air New Zealand have marked the delivery of the airline’s first 787-9 in a special event on Tuesday evening attended by Air New Zealand staff and guests and more than 1,000 Boeing workers. Air New Zealand is the launch customer for the stretched variant of the Dreamliner, with 10, powered by Rolls-Royce’s Trent
