The RAAF King Air 350 fleet will be progressively returned to service from Thursday after the type was temporarily suspended from flying on June 30 due to a chemical contamination concern. A Department of Defence statement released on Tuesday evening said that “as measurement techniques and test equipment continually improve routine maintenance” had detected strontium chromate
Virgin Australia’s major shareholders have tightened their already strong grip on the airline after smaller shareholders largely passed on the airline group’s capital raising. In a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange on Tuesday, Virgin said 89.5 per cent of shareholders had taken up their entitlements to buy one new share for every share held
More than 70 people gathered to celebrate the launch of Australian Aviation contributor Owen Zupp’s newest title, Without Precedent. The book details the life of his father, Phillip Zupp. Phillip not only served as a Commando in World War 2 and post-war Hiroshima, but subsequently trained as a fighter pilot and flew 201 combat sorties during the
Australia’s mining slowdown has proved no barrier for Qantas in investing in new regional products, with the airline to replace its premium passenger lounge at Karratha Airport with a bigger facility. The new regional lounge at Karratha, located in Pilbara region in Western Australia’s north, has been designed to be more than double the size
Airbus has rolled out the first completed A350-1000 at its Toulouse manufacturing facility. The aircraft, which has production number MSN059 and temporary registration F-WMIL, emerged from the paint shop on Friday, July 29, minus a pair of powerplants on each wing. Airbus has also released a video on YouTube of the aircraft being painted: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV97JZkqd0Q
The RAAF’s major multinational large-force employment exercise, Pitch Black, is under way. Up to 115 aircraft and 2,500 personnel from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Indonesia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand and the US are participating in the three-week long Exercise Pitch Black 2016, which officially began on July 29 and continues through to August 19. Flying operations began on
