Qantas is calling on Airbus and Boeing to deliver an aircraft capable of operating nonstop from Australia’s east coast to London and New York within five years. The airline has for some time harboured ambitions of nonstop flights from Sydney to the two cities sitting on the other side of the world that are among
Flight Centre says it expects the recent price discounting on airfares to ease in the period ahead after cheaper tickets led to a drop in full year net profit in 2016/17. The travel agency group said “significant airfare deflation” in key markets such as Australia led to a 5.6 per cent decline in net profit
Australian domestic airfares for business class and the most restrictive economy tickets fell in August, new figures show. The Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) measure of domestic business class airfares was at 92.7 index points in August, down from 94.4 points a year earlier. Meanwhile, the best discount economy index was also
Australia spends around $1 billion a year surveying powerlines by helicopter, a job that could be done for a faction of that price by new autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) able to top up their batteries from the powerlines themselves. Engineering students from Melbourne University, backed by Lockheed Martin’s new STELaRLab advanced research centre, have
In September 2017 Australian Aviation celebrates its 40th anniversary. To mark that milestone we publish here Australian Aviation founder Jim Thorn’s account from the September 2007 edition of the magazine’s formation and early days. 1977 AND THE WAY WE WERE I love history and there is no better history, in a real sense, than that
Air New Zealand says it is optimistic about the year ahead as the competitive environment eases after reporting a 17.5 per cent decline in full year profit in 2016/17 as it battled the arrival of new entrants into its home market. Net profit for the 12 months to June 30 2017 came in at NZ$382
