Mistaken identity
As Boeing wrestles with labour unions and decides where to build its just-launched 777X, a group of well-intentioned business and government leaders placed an advertisement in The Seattle Times encouraging the retention of Boeing’s principal aircraft manufacturing facilities in Washington state. Problem was, the full-page ad featured an Airbus…
Must be the season …
As the antics between Borghetti and Joyce keep headline writers both amused and busy, another war of words has broken out between Sydney Airport Corporation chairman Max Moore-Wilton and former federal transport minister Anthony Albanese. In a report carried in the Sydney Morning Herald, claims and counter-claim are being waged as Moore-Wilton, never one to
RAAF’s C-17 cargo compartment trainer commissioned
The RAAF has commissioned a C-17 cargo compartment trainer – or CCT – a training device that replicates the cargo hold of its C-17 airlifters, at the aircraft’s Amberley home base. The trainer features a 6.82m long by 5.49m wide cargo bay, a functioning loading ramp, loadmaster’s station and other cargo systems as found on
Etihad A330 returns to BNE after instrument failure
An Etihad A330-200 declared an emergency soon after departing Brisbane early afternoon today. The aircraft, operating flight EY473 from Brisbane to Singapore with 164 passengers and 11 crew on board, returned to Brisbane due to a flightdeck instrument failure. A spokesman for the airline said: “The flight crew followed all standard operational procedures, declared an
Airservices and Cathay Pacific collaborate to promote best practice in air traffic management
In the latest in a series of demonstration flights to optimise flight efficiency and minimise environmental impact, Airservices has collaborated with Cathay Pacific under the Asia and Pacific Initiative to Reduce Emissions (ASPIRE) program to conduct four flights across the globe, two of those through Australian airspace on the one day. The Cathay Pacific flights
Etihad concludes buy into Jet Airways
Etihad has successfully concluded a transaction that sees it take a 24 per cent equity stake in India’s Jet Airways. In April the two airlines signaled their intent to form an equity alliance, made possible by a relaxation in Indian foreign investment regulations. The deal was valued at US$325 million and comes after Emirates reportedly
