A “gutted” Tony Fernandes says he hopes the finding of crashed Indonesia AirAsia flight QZ8501’s fuselage brings the families and friends of those on board one step closer to achieving “closure”. The fuselage of the aircraft – registration PK-AXC – that was lost during a flights from Surabaya to Singapore on December 28 was found
Regional Express (Rex) has postponed plans to begin services to Cape York communities in Far North Queensland previously served by Skytrans. The airline says it decided to drop proposed flights from Cairns to Aurukun, Edward River, Kowanyama and Bamaga that were to begin in mid-March after consulting with local communities in the area. “Rex has made
Both the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder of crashed Indonesia AirAsia flight QZ8501 have been recovered from the bottom of the Java Sea and sent to investigators in Jakarta for analysis. Search and rescue divers from Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) located the cockpit voice recorder on Tuesday, about 20 metres
Regular air services look set to return to Cape York communities Pormpuraaw and Kowanyama that were lost after Skytrans shut down, with Cairns-based Hinterland Aviation planning begin flights from Cairns before the end of the month. The regional operator is workingwith the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) to upgrade its Air Operator’s Certificate to allow it
Air New Zealand, Fiji Airways and Virgin Australia have cancelled flights to Tonga due to the eruption of the Hunga Ha’apai volcano. The volcanic activity in the Pacific Ocean had caused a plume of smoke at about 20,000 feet, according to the Wellington Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre. The advisory, issued on Tuesday morning Australian time,
Crashed Indonesia AirAsia flight QZ8501’s flight data recorder (FDR) has been brought to the surface and is on its way to Jakarta for analysis. Search and rescue (SAR) divers from Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) retrieved one of the two aircraft’s flight recorders on Monday. BASARNAS said the flight data recorder was found
