RAAF Orions join MH370 search
The RAAF has sent two AP-3C Orion maritime surveillance aircraft to assist in the international search efforts to find the missing Malaysia Airlines 777 flight MH370 that disappeared on Saturday morning. The two Orions have been based in Darwin, with one aircraft departing there for Malaysia on Sunday evening, with the second due to depart
Contact lost with Malaysian 777
Malaysia Airlines has confirmed it has lost contact with one of its flights between Kuala Lumpur and Beijing. The aircraft, a Boeing 777-200ER reportedly registered 9M-MRO delivered to the airline in May 2002 and powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 800 engines, was operating flight MH370 which departed KL at 12.41am local time and was due in
Air NZ adds more Japan services
Air New Zealand has announced it will increase its capacity on services to Japan by 30 per cent from November. The airline said the increase is in response to a recent advertising campaign conducted with Tourism New Zealand. “As a result Air New Zealand will add around 30 per cent extra capacity to the Japan
Singapore confirms MRTT buy
The Singapore Defence Ministry has confirmed that country will buy an unspecified number of Airbus A330 MRTT tankers. The long-rumoured acquisition was mentioned in an official twitter account post which stated; “air force will replace ageing KC-135R with Airbus A330 multi-role tanker transport aircraft.” The RSAF currently operates four KC-135Rs which it bought second hand
EU to drop carbon charge for non-EU airlines
The Wall Street Journal reports the European Union has dropped plans to impose a carbon charge on non-EU airlines using its airspace. The reversal comes in the face of pressure reportedly applied by Airbus and by the governments of France, Germany and the UK where the majority of Airbus’s components are built. Non-EU governments, in
Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce has suggested his airline’s order for the Airbus A380, A330 and Boeing 747-400ER placed in 2000 was, in hindsight, a mistake. “It is great to be able to say I wish I could get in a time machine and go back to 2000 and [change] the fleet order [made by]
