Qantas flags flat capacity growth ahead
Qantas has flagged zero domestic growth across both its mainline and Jetstar operations in the first three months of the new financial year in response to market conditions. Australia’s largest carrier, which has waged a fierce battle in the domestic market with Virgin Australia, made the announcement in its monthly traffic statistics released on Wednesday.
2,000 order milestone for the 737 MAX
Boeing says orders for 30 from unnamed customers this week has taken firm orders for its 737 MAX program to over 2,000. In all firm orders for the 737 MAX now stand at 2,010 aircraft from 39 customers. Boeing says the MAX has reached the 2,000 order milestone faster than any previous Boeing airliner program.
Hawker Pacific has commenced a demonstration tour of a new Beechcraft King Air 350i across the Asia-Pacific region. The aircraft arrived in the region earlier this month, and commenced its tour in New Zealand on May 19 to May 23. The tour will then cover the east coast of Australia from June 2 to 13,
Dassault launches Falcon 8X
Dassault Aviation has used the 2014 European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva to launch its Falcon 8X, the largest and longest ranging of its Falcon family of business jets. The Falcon 8X, a mildly stretched development of the 7X, will feature a range of 6,450nm (11,945km) at Mach 0.8, meaning in a
Gulfstream Aerospace has revealed that its new longer-range G650ER development of its hot-selling G650 business jet, announced on Monday at EBACE, visited Melbourne as part of two record-breaking high-speed validation flights. The new G650ER is designed to be able to fly 7,500nm (13,890km) at Mach 0.85, or 6,400nm (11,853km) at Mach 0.90, an increase of up
European aerospace companies Airbus Defence and Space, Dassault Aviation, and Alenia Aermacchi have joined forces to develop a next generation medium altitude long endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial system. The three companies say they have delivered the ‘MALE2020’ proposal to further define a European UAS to France, Germany and Italy. The offer proposes a definition phase
