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Archerfield Airport opens new student accommodation facility
/Archerfield Airport in Brisbane’s south-west has opened a new $4 million student accommodation facility. The airport, which is about 11km from Brisbane’s CBD and caters for general aviation and flying schools, has about 10 providers of pilot training and aviation-related courses. The two-storey Aviation Student Accommodation Complex (ASAC), which was leased and managed by Basair
Read moreExpansion work begins at Queenstown Airport
/ | 2 Comments on Expansion work begins at Queenstown AirportAs the ski season ends and summer approaches, work has begun on Queenstown Airport’s new international terminal. The project is expected to increase terminal space at the airport’s southern end by a third, adding 4,080 square metres of extra floor space and allowing Queenstown to double its international operations. The outer shell was expected to
Read moreCathay celebrates 40 years of service to Sydney
/ | 2 Comments on Cathay celebrates 40 years of service to SydneyForty years ago, a Cathay Pacific Boeing 707 took off from Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Airport bound for Sydney. When it landed some nine hours later on October 22, 1974, it marked the start of Cathay’s 40-year unbroken run of service between the NSW capital and Hong Kong. In that time, the Hong Kong flag
Read moreJoyce says Virgin forced to “scramble” in bid to keep up with Qantas
| 11 Comments on Joyce says Virgin forced to “scramble” in bid to keep up with QantasQantas chief executive Alan Joyce says his airline’s upgrade of business class seats across its Airbus A330 fleet has forced rival Virgin Australia to “scramble” to keep up. Although Virgin was first to unveil its new business suite at a presentation in Singapore in September, the John Borghetti-led carrier’s first flight with its B/E Aerospace
Read moreB-24 Liberator site secured
/ | 2 Comments on B-24 Liberator site securedThe Victorian government has announced that it has secured the future of the B-24 Liberator Memorial on the corner of Princes Highway and Farm Road in Werribee in Melbourne’s west. The signing of a land transfer agreement between the state government, Melbourne Water and the B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Fund had paved the way for
Read moreAnalysis – how the new Qantas A330 business class seat measures up
/ | 6 Comments on Analysis – how the new Qantas A330 business class seat measures upQantas’s new Business Suite is set to take to the skies “from later this year” aboard Airbus A330-200 aircraft serving domestic transcontinental routes. Asia services will see the new Thompson Vantage XL seat next year as refitted aircraft return to the 28-strong fleet from Qantas’s Brisbane MRO facility. The refit process begins this November and
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