Virgin Australia has added 11 new destinations in Italy as part of its codeshare agreement with Alitalia. At the same time, the Italian flag carrier has added its AZ airline code on Virgin domestic flights to eight new Australian destinations. Virgin said in a statement it would codeshare on Alitalia-operated flights from Rome to Bari,
Airbus Group Australia Pacific says that thanks to the efforts of a dedicated task force, support arrangements for the Australian Army’s Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH) no longer significantly impede aircraft availability and serviceability rates. In its response to an extract of the Australian National Audit Office’s latest audit into the Tiger program, which was
BAE Systems Australia has announced that Raytheon Australia, Daronmont Technologies and RCR Resolve FM will partner in its bid to compete for the $1 billion Jindalee Operational Radar Network (JORN) upgrade program (JP 2025 Phase 6). In a statement on Monday BAE Systems said the partnership with Raytheon would bring “unparalleled systems integration experience and
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation’s first flight test aircraft of its Regional Jet (MRJ) program will stay on the ground at its Nagoya facility while engineers investigate the aircraft’s air conditioning systems. Late last week, the company twice aborted the ferry flight of the MRJ’s first flight test aircraft from Nagoya to its Moses Lake Flight Test
China Eastern is boosting its Australian network with a new service from Sydney to Hangzhou and onwards to Beijing starting in November. The three times a week offering will operate as a Beijing-Hangzhou-Sydney routing with Airbus A330 equipment. China Eastern general manager for Oceania Kathy Zhang said the new flights complemented the Skyteam alliance member’s
The Department of Defence has accepted an Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) report recommendation that it assesses whether upgrading the Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH) fleet provides value for money when the aircraft is slated for replacement mid next decade. The latest ANAO report into the Tiger program, released on Thursday, found that the helicopter continues to suffer
