Cathay Pacific has commenced Boeing 777-300ER operations to Sydney. The Hong Kong-based carrier has upguaged one of its four daily Airbus A330-300 services to the NSW capital to the larger Boeing aircraft. The first 777 flight landed at Sydney Airport on Wednesday evening and the larger Boeing will be used three days a week until
Australian pilots are increasingly finding a home at overseas airlines, including China Southern, amid continued demand for pilots worldwide to meet the growth in air travel. The Guangzhou-based Chinese carrier has 14 Australian pilots in its ranks, having recently inducted 10 new pilots from this country into its operations. There are a further four Australians currently
Captain Georgina Sutton will become the first female chief pilot for a major Australian airline when she takes up the post with Jetstar Australia and New Zealand in February. Sutton is leaving Qantas, where she is currently the Boeing 767 fleet captain, and moving to Melbourne for the chief pilot role at the Qantas-owned low-cost carrier.
Jetstar Japan will start international flights from February 28 2015 as the low-cost carrier builds up its newly opened Osaka base with a daily service to Hong Kong. The new route will be served with Airbus A320 aircraft, with Hong Kong Jetstar Japan’s first international destination since the airline began operations in 2012. The start
Fuel surcharges should be lowered in line with the recent declines in the price of fuel, a consumer group says. Choice head of media Tom Godfrey says airlines should pass on any savings they get from lower fuel prices to consumers. “Continuing to charge a surcharge when prices are no longer high seems a bit
A new Arvo RJ85 for Cobham Aviation Services has arrived in Australia. The aircraft, registered G-CDYK and painted in the new Cobham colours, touched down at Adelaide shortly after midday on Monday. It will now undergo some maintenance work in Adelaide before it is ferried to Western Australia to start work flying to Gold Fields
