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Boeing has announced that its Phantom Eye high altitude unmanned airborne system made its first autonomous flight from NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California on June 1. The hydrogen fuelled UAS flew for 28 minutes, climbing to an altitude of 4080 feet and a 62kt cruising speed before landing back

Qantas says that it expects its underlying profit before tax for the financial year ending June 30 to come in at $50-$100 million as a result of lower yields and higher fuel costs. Qantas said that it expects yield during the six months to June 30 to grow by 0.5-1.0 per cent, compared with previous

Etihad Airways has announced that it has acquired a 3.96 per cent stake in Virgin Australia in a move that it believes will further strengthen the alliance between the two carriers. Etihad and Virgin made the announcement to the Australian Securities Exchange on June 5, with the Abu Dhabi based carrier noting that its equity

Boeing has delivered the sixth and final Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) aircraft to the RAAF. “Delivering the last aircraft into the Wedgetail fleet is the result of hard work, dedication and collaboration by the Boeing-led team and our Australian customer in bringing this powerful air battle management system — the first of

Kununurra based scenic operator Alligator Airways remains grounded as CASA finalises its investigations into a number of serious safety issues which led to its initial suspension of the operator in early May. After being initially suspended from operating flights and maintenance on May 3 by CASA, the regulator successfully applied to the Federal Court to

Lufthansa has operated the first revenue flight with its first Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental, with the aircraft flying its inaugural service between Frankfurt and Washington DC’s Dulles International Airport. Flight LH416 departed Frankfurt on June 1 at 9:05am, touching down at Dulles at 12:45pm local time, with the aircraft later returning to Frankfurt as LH419. “The