Jetstar establishes 787 base in Melbourne
The Qantas Group is to open a new $100 million base at Melbourne Airport to maintain Jetstar’s 787 fleet and will likely become the base for Qantas’s mainline 787s in due course. The facility will also provide crew training, incorporating a 787 simulator and a cabin trainer. Jetstar will lease a hangar from the Qantas Group
A ruddy good campaign launched by Scoot
Low-cost airline Scoot has launched a cheeky advertising campaign targeting this year’s federal election. The campaign – It’s Abbott time you got a Ruddy good fare – offers cheap flights on Scoot’s services from Sydney and Gold Coast to Singapore and beyond to Bangkok, Taipei and other destinations. “With political advertising going into overdrive, Scoot
Cathay in bid for more Australia capacity
Rising demand for travel between Hong Kong and Australia has led Cathay Pacific to call for more capacity between the two markets. The airline, having reached its limit of 70 flights a week under current bilateral agreements, will seek additional flights as airports in Australia record dramatically increased inbound traffic from Hong Kong and China.
India joins the carrier elite
India has launched a 37,500t indigenously-built aircraft carrier – the INS Vikrant. The ship, which will have a length of 260m and a width of 60m, will now be fitted out at the Cochin shipyards ahead of planned sea trials in 2016. The Vikrant is expected to be commissioned in 2018. At the launch of
A400M continues tests as new customer aircraft airborne
As customer deliveries of the A400M get underway, Airbus Military continues the aircraft’s development program. A renewed phase of unpaved runway trials is being undertaken at a test site Zaragoza, Spain. Meanwhile the first production A400M for the Turkish Air Force (TAF) has made its maiden flight. The aircraft took off on August 9 for
Wedgetail heads to Red Flag Alaska
A RAAF E-7A Wedgetail has arrived in Alaska to participate in the world’s most advanced international air combat training activity, Exercise Red Flag Alaska. A US Pacific Air Forces Command-led large force employment exercise, Exercise Red Flag Alaska is designed to replicate a high-end combat environment over two weeks in August. The coalition exercise will
