Adelaide Airport Ltd (AAL), having just achieved its ambition of securing nonstop service into mainland China, will turn its attention to targeting nonstop flights to the US. AAL chief executive Mark Young said the advent of the Boeing 787 provided the opportunity for nonstop flights between Adelaide and the US west coast. The potential might lure Qantas back
Qantas has announced Melbourne-Los Angeles as the first international route for its Boeing 787-9 fleet. The nonstop service will operate six times a week from December 15 2017, Qantas said in a statement on Tuesday. Currently, Qantas flies daily between Melbourne and Los Angeles with Airbus A380 equipment, as well as two services a week
Virgin Australia is the latest airline to undertake evening services to and from Queenstown. The airline said it planned to operate a night-time departure from Queenstown to Brisbane on Fridays and Sundays during the winter ski season between June and September 2017. At the same time, Virgin’s trans-Tasman alliance partner Air New Zealand has scheduled
South Australian aviation group Aerotech Australasia opened its new bushfire base in the Adelaide Hills on Sunday, in time for the fire season. The company spent $1.5 million developing the Claremont base at Brutunga, near Woodside, in the fire-prone hills. Aerotech is contracted by the state’s Country Fire Service (CFS) to provide water bombers and
The federal government has released the Airport Plan for the proposed airport at Badgerys Creek, moving a step closer to the issuing of a sales contract to Sydney Airport. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Minister for Urban Infrastructure Paul Fletcher said in a joint statement the final Airport Plan, published on Monday, was the “blueprint for
Australia will have regular nonstop scheduled passenger services to Europe for the first time in 2018, with Qantas to launch Perth-London with the Boeing 787-9. Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce said the 17-hour, 7,829nm Perth-London service would be a “game-changing route flown by a game-changing aircraft” with huge opportunities for travel tourism and trade. “It’s
