Indonesia’s Mount Rinjani volcano has forced the closure of Bali’s I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport and resulted in hundreds of flights being cancelled. The ash cloud from the volcano, located on Lombok Island east of Bali, has left thousands of passengers stranded and waiting for the ash cloud to clear and authorities to declare the
Brisbane West Wellcamp has secured its first international flight with Cathay Pacific to operate a one-off Boeing 747-8F freighter service to Australia’s newest airport in late November. The freighter will touch down at the airport, which was built by private company Wagners and opened its doors for the first time almost a year ago, on November
Lessons from QF32 are still being learned five years after a Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine on Qantas Airbus A380 VH-OQA exploded in flight five years ago. The uncontained engine failure occurred shortly after the flight took off from Singapore bound for Sydney on November 4 2010, with parts of the engine cowling found on the
Tigerair Australia has credited BAE Systems Australia for helping the low-cost carrier improve on-time performance and reduce cancellations over the past two years. In October 2013, BAE Systems signed its first non-military engineering support contract in Australia to provide base maintenance services for Tigerair’s fleet of Airbus A320s. To support the Tigerair business, BAE Systems
Flights to Bali have been suspended due to the ash cloud from the Mount Rinjani volcano. Virgin Australia and Jetstar have cancelled scheduled services into and out of Bali on Wednesday following the latest assessment from the Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre (VAAC). Jetstar has cancelled three flights to Bali and three from the popular Indonesian
Qantas has found out the hard way what happens when you bet against the All Blacks. As a sponsor of the Wallabies, the Flying Kangaroo had little choice but to put its money where its mouth when in the lead up to the Rugby World Cup final a friendly wager was struck with Air New
