“Remarkably, as the first edition of AADR was going to press I really became concerned that there would be nothing to put in next year’s edition! Maybe I had already written about all there was to report on in the foreseeable future and there was nothing more to cover?” These were the words of Australian
Korean Air has become the first airline to operate the latest passenger variant of Boeing’s evergreen 747 to Australia. The Skyteam alliance member’s Boeing 747-8I HL7642 touched down at Sydney Airport in the early hours of Saturday morning as KE121 from Seoul Incheon. The aircraft was on the ground for about one hour and 40
Japan Airlines has underlined the resurgence in the Australia-Japan market with the start of nonstop Melbourne-Tokyo (Narita) flights. The inaugural service, operated as flight JL773 by Boeing 787-8 JA845J, touched down at Melbourne Tullamarine just before 2200 on Friday night after a 10 and a half hour journey from Tokyo Narita. The aircraft received an
Qantas has switched on its codeshare and frequent flyer partnership with Israeli flag carrier El AL that was first announced in February. The arrangement involves Qantas placing its QF airline code on El AL-operated flights from Hong Kong, Bangkok and Johannesburg to Tel Aviv. At the same time, El Al has added its LY airline
Air Niugini pilots have started receiving type-rating training for the Fokker 100 regional jet from CAE under an expanded agreement between the two parties. CAE said it instructors began delivering type-rating training for Air Niugini pilots at its Perth facility in the second half of 2017. Air Niugini executive manager for flight operations Captain Samiu
Virgin Australia will maintain services to Samoa after its Virgin Samoa joint-venture with the Samoan government is wound up in November. The airline has launched nonstop flights to Apia from Auckland, Brisbane and Sydney due to kick off from November 13 2017. Under the new schedule, Virgin plans to offer five flights a week on
