Airbus delivers 100th A380
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has received the 100th A380 delivered by Airbus. The aircraft is the sixth A380 to be delivered to MAS. In a statement to mark the milestone, Airbus said the A380, now in its sixth year of commercial services, has carried some 36 million passengers onboard 100,000 flights. Today, the worldwide A380 fleet
US Navy visits for Exercise Black Dagger
Eight USN Super Hornets and supporting aircraft arrived in Townsville recently to participate in the two-week exercise Black Dagger as part of the qualification of joint terminal attack controllers. Regular photo contributor to Australian Aviation, Dave Parer, took these images at the aircraft arrived in Townsville. Talking to the Townsville Bulletin, commanding officer of the
Rex makes good on Dubbo threat
Regional Express has followed-through on its threat to withdraw services from Dubbo after the airport elected to charge the airline security fees even though it was not legally required to use the services. Rex announced it will reduce its 82 weekly flights between Sydney and Dubbo to 73 from April. Wagga Wagga has been the
BNE re-opens cross runway amid ongoing criticism
Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC) has re-opened the cross-runway after a five-month closure to allow enabling works on the new parallel runway. BAC CEO Julieanne Alroe said: “The cross-runway is a shorter, narrower runway which means its use is limited to smaller aircraft typically used on regional routes, as well as the Royal Flying Doctors Service.
Barrier Aviation AOC cancelled by CASA
The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has cancelled Barrier Aviation’s operating certificate after the federal court upheld the authority’s view that it was “not satisfied that Barrier Aviation would not operate aircraft with known defects if allowed to resume operations”. The permanent cancellation took effect on March 13 after an initial suspension of the airline’s
Aviation loses a towering figure in James Strong
The aviation industry has lost an iconic figure in the death of James Strong, who firstly oversaw the transformation of TAA into Australian Airlines, and then was head of Qantas for its merger with Australian, and subsequent privatisation. “James Strong passed away peacefully in Sydney on the 3rd March 2013 from lung complications following surgery,”
