Hobart will have a new nonstop link to Queensland from December when Tigerair Australia begins flights to the Gold Coast. The four times weekly Hobart-Gold Coast offering takes off from December 7 2017, Tigerair said on Monday. The Virgin Australia-owned low-cost carrier (LCC) will be the only airline flying nonstop between Hobart and the Gold
A remotely-piloted aircraft collided with a US Army UH-60M Black Hawk while it was flying at 500ft over a residential neighbourhood on Staten Island, New York on September 23. Believed to be the first time a drone has collided with a helicopter in flight, the incident happened at about 1930 local time while two Black
Air New Zealand has scheduled a third year of seasonal flying to Ho Chi Minh City for 2018. The Star Alliance member commenced flights to Ho Chi Minh City in 2016, when it operated three flights a week with the now-retired Boeing 767-300ER between June and October. Ho Chi Minh City was Air New Zealand’s
The first of three new Hobart class Air Warfare Destroyers (AWDs), HMAS Hobart, was officially commissioned into Royal Australian Navy service on Saturday, a proud occasion when the white ensign flew from the ship for the first time and she officially became Navy property. The commissioning ceremony, at the Navy’s Fleet Base East on Sydney Harbour,
Virgin Australia chairman Elizabeth Bryan says the airline group’s three-year transformation program is yielding positive results and tracking ahead of schedule. Writing in the company’s annual report, Bryan said Virgin Australia’s “Better Business” program and focus on improving its financial base would “help us to deliver sustainable profitability, and ultimately, returns to all of our
Monash University researchers have successfully fired a rocket engine built with 3D printing technology that will be shown at an upcoming international conference. The rocket engine features a unique “aerospike” design that Monash says helps maintain efficiency as the rocket increases in altitude. The University has established a new company, NextAero, that will showcase its concepts
