Qantas says better aircraft utilisation is allowing it to launch five new direct domestic regional routes: Brisbane to Port Macquarie, Melbourne to Coffs Harbour, Sydney to Hervey Bay, Sydney to Hamilton Island and Brisbane to Miles. “We looked at ways we can better use our aircraft, particularly on the weekends, and found network improvements resulting in
BAE Systems is set to deliver line maintenance services for Tigerair’s fleet of Airbus A320 aircraft in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane over the next five years. The work, which will support 40 jobs, builds on overnight base maintenance services that BAE Systems has been delivering for the airline at Melbourne Airport since October. “With our
The RAAF has sent two AP-3C Orion maritime surveillance aircraft to assist in the international search efforts to find the missing Malaysia Airlines 777 flight MH370 that disappeared on Saturday morning. The two Orions have been based in Darwin, with one aircraft departing there for Malaysia on Sunday evening, with the second due to depart
Malaysia Airlines has confirmed it has lost contact with one of its flights between Kuala Lumpur and Beijing. The aircraft, a Boeing 777-200ER reportedly registered 9M-MRO delivered to the airline in May 2002 and powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 800 engines, was operating flight MH370 which departed KL at 12.41am local time and was due in
Air New Zealand has announced it will increase its capacity on services to Japan by 30 per cent from November. The airline said the increase is in response to a recent advertising campaign conducted with Tourism New Zealand. “As a result Air New Zealand will add around 30 per cent extra capacity to the Japan
The Wall Street Journal reports the European Union has dropped plans to impose a carbon charge on non-EU airlines using its airspace. The reversal comes in the face of pressure reportedly applied by Airbus and by the governments of France, Germany and the UK where the majority of Airbus’s components are built. Non-EU governments, in
