The Great Barrier Reef is in crisis. With over a third of the reef’s coral dying or bleached, the future of one of Australia’s most iconic natural landmarks is in doubt. Scientists are warning that global warming, as well as ongoing coal mining and agriculture are having ongoing detrimental affects to the reef. Working to help
Air New Zealand is withdrawing from two loss making regional services – Whanganui-Auckland and Blenheim-Christchurch. The airline says the two routes haven proven unable to sustain the larger 50-seat Dash 8 Q300 following the retirement of its 19-seat Beech 1900D aircraft. General manager of networks, Richard Thomson, says Air New Zealand looked closely at the
The RAAF says it is gradually returning its PC-9/A turboprop trainer fleet to flying status as the aircraft undergo inspections following the discovery of cracking in the folding strut of the aircraft’s nose landing gear. “The PC-9/A fleet is being progressively reviewed and returned to flying. There are now over 20 aircraft flying across all Air
Cathay Pacific has taken delivery of its first Airbus A350, with A350-900 B-LRA touching down at Hong Kong International Airport on Sunday morning after a nonstop flight from Toulouse. Flight tracking website flightradar24.com shows B-LRA departing Toulouse at 2:16pm on Saturday, touching down at Cathay Pacific’s home base of Hong Kong at 7:53am on Sunday, operating as
Qantas says it has “arrested” the decline in revenue per seat in its domestic businesses as it continues to suppress capacity in response to weaker demand. In its monthly traffic statistics report released to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) on Monday, Australia’s largest airline group said revenue per available seat kilometre (RASK) across its domestic businesses (Qantas and
Around 350 delegates attended the Australian Helicopter Industry Association’s Rotortech 2016 conference and exposition at the Novotel Twin Waters Resort on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast over May 27-29, despite the global downturn in the helicopter industry. More than 40 exhibitors displayed their wares at the three-day event which also attracted large numbers of general public who took the chance to
