Jetstar has taken delivery of the first 787 for an Australian airline with the handover of 787-8 VH-VKA at Boeing’s Everett plant on Monday. The long-awaited delivery is the first of 14 firm 787-8 orders held by the Qantas Group, which also has options and purchase rights on a further 50 787-8s and -9s for
Jetstar’s – and Australia’s – first 787 will arrive in Melbourne at 1305 on Wednesday October 9. Due to depart Boeing’s Paine Field in Seattle on Monday carrying flight number JQ7878, the aircraft – VH-VKA (pictured) – will transit Honolulu overnight before arriving to a welcome ceremony at Jetstar’s Melbourne Airport facility on Wednesday. After
Jetstar will introduce direct services to Bali from Adelaide on December 18. The thrice-weekly service will obviate the need for Adelaide-originating travellers to route via Perth or Darwin, reducing total travel time by up to five hours. The flights will depart each Monday, Wednesday and Saturday with a flight time of 5 hours and 20
The number of passengers carried on domestic airlines during July increased by 4.5 per cent compared to the same month last year, with 5.35 million passengers carried, while the number of aircraft movements increased 3.5 per cent to 61,899 for the month. Reflecting a reversal of recent years, demand exceeded capacity during July, pushing load
Brisbane has welcomed the arrival of its first Emirates A380 service when EK434 touched down yesterday from Dubai. The daily A380 service, one of Emirates’ two daily flights to Brisbane, brings an increased capacity of 132 seats per flight, or additional 193,000 seats a year in and out of Brisbane. “The demand for the aircraft
BAE Systems is diversifying its Australian business portfolio with Tigerair awarding it a five-year contract to provide base maintenance services. It is the first non-military engineering support contract BAE has won in Australia. The work, which began on October 1, will be conducted at Tigerair’s Melbourne engineering facilities. Tigerair Australia CEO, Rob Sharp, said the
