Virgin Aust rated 2nd best employer
For the second year running, Virgin Australia has taken second place in the Randstad Awards for the best employer in Australia. The award, which was won by national broadcaster the ABC also for the second year in a row, is based on the results of the world’s largest employment survey into employer branding, and locally was derived from
Piper offers diesel Archer DX
Piper Aircraft and the Continental Motors Group have announced they have been granted a European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Supplemental Type Certificate for a Centurion 2.0S diesel engine-powered Piper Archer. Ground and flight tests on an Archer powered by the Technify Motors GmbH Centurion 2.0S 155hp (115kW) Jet-A compression ignition engine were conducted at Technify’s facility in
Quickstep to supply JSF parts to Marand
Quickstep Holdings has announced it has signed a long-term agreement (LTA) with Marand Precision Engineering to supply about 700 sets of carbon fibre composite parts for F-35 JSF vertical tails over 14 years. The estimated $148 million deal comes after the signing of an MoU in 2009, and comprises 18 individual parts including skins, spars
Qantas and China Southern extend codeshares
Qantas has announced it will offer more codeshare flights on China Southern services to four destinations in China. The extension of the codeshare arrangement will take in China Southern services from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth to Guangzhou, and on to Xiamen, Kunming, Fuzhou and Ürümqi. In return, China Southern passengers will codeshare on nine
Qantas to fly PER-AKL again next summer
Qantas has confirmed it will again operate seasonal services between Perth and Auckland again next summer following the success of a similar seasonal service last summer. The airline said it would utilise A330s which are normally laid up on weekends to operate the service. Flights from Perth to Auckland will depart on Friday and Saturday
First United 787-9 rolled out
The first Boeing 787-9 destined for United Airlines has been rolled out of the factory in Everett, Washington. The aircraft will be equipped with its cabin fittings and then conduct manufacturer and customer test flights, before entering service on some of the shorter routes currently flown by United’s smaller 787-8s from July. It is due
