Qantas has formally taken delivery of 737-838 VH-XZJ Mendoowoorrji, featuring the airline’s fourth Indigenous Flying Art paint scheme. Handed over in Seattle on Friday, VH-XZJ is Qantas’s 69th 737-800 and features a scheme based on Paddy Bedford’s 2005 painting Medicine Pocket, which is a representation of the Mendoowoorrjji country in the East Kimberly region of
Sichuan Airlines is to become the latest Chinese airline to operate direct flights to Sydney when twice weekly services to Australia’s largest city commence on December 20. “Sichuan Airlines will operate twice weekly flights with its Airbus A330-200 aircraft, providing more than 50,000 seats per year on the important Chongqing-Sydney route,” Sydney Airport CEO Kerrie Mather
Qantas has confirmed it will close its Avalon heavy maintenance base in late March next year, citing the rationalisation of its 747 fleet, and resulting in the loss of 53 Qantas and 246 Forstaff contractor staff. “Qantas is gradually retiring our fleet of Boeing 747 aircraft, which means there is not enough work to keep our
Virgin Australia has announced an extra six flights a week to Denpasar from Australia’s east coast. From December 19, the airline will add an extra weekly service from Brisbane, two extra services from Sydney and a further three weekly services from Melbourne. The additional flights will be timed to complement existing services and will add more
Auckland-Perth will be Air New Zealand’s first 787-9 route when the aircraft enter services next October, CEO Christopher Luxon announced at the opening of the airline’s Customer Innovation and Collaboration Centre in Auckland on Thursday, where he also revealed details of the airline’s 787-9 interior. Passengers travelling from Auckland to Perth on the October 14
CASA has granted Jetstar approval to add the 787 to its AOC, clearing the aircraft to begin passenger services with the airline. The approval follows training two CASA flying operations inspectors and two airworthiness inspectors on the 787, a review of safety issues related to the introduction into service of the new type, a demonstration
