David Massy-Greene, the captain of Qantas’s record-breaking Boeing 747-400 nonstop flight from London Heathrow to Sydney, died on Sunday, August 21. He was 73. Qantas confirmed the news in a recent note to its 30,000 employees. “It is with sadness that we let you know of the passing of former Qantas Captain David Massy-Greene,” Qantas
Air New Zealand and Singapore Airlines (SIA) have agreed to expand their alliance to include the latter carrier’s upcoming one-stop Singapore-Wellington service. SIA is due to start flights between the city-state and New Zealand capital, via Canberra, from September 21, with the four times a week offering being operated with Boeing 777-200s. The two Star Alliance members’ joint venture
Former Air France-KLM chairman and chief executive Alexandre de Juniac has officially taken his seat as the chief executive and director general of the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Named as Tony Tyler’s replacement in April, de Juniac was confirmed as the new head of IATA at the industry body’s annual general meeting in Dublin
Melbourne is counting down the days until it receives a second Airbus A350-900 flight, after Thai Airways took delivery of its first of the type on Wednesday. The Star Alliance member accepted the aircraft, HS-THB, at a ceremony at Airbus’s Toulouse facility before it was ferried to Bangkok. It is the eighth airline to receive
LATAM Airlines has become the fifth operator and first in the Americas to receive the A320neo narrowbody. The South American airline group has taken delivery of the first of 67 A320neo family of aircraft on order, with the milestone celebrated at Airbus headquarters in Toulouse, France on Tuesday before the aircraft, PT-TMN, was ferried to
Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has appointed Shane Carmody as acting chief executive and director of aviation safety (DAS). Carmody is currently a deputy secretary at the Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development with responsibility for aviation and airports, the Office of Transport Security, the Western Sydney Unit and local government and territories. He
