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99.1 per cent despatch reliability for 777F
/Boeing has used the delivery of Qatar Airways’s first 777 Freighter to highlight that the 777F’s despatch reliability since entering service in February 2009 is running at 99.1 per cent. Qatar Airways’s first of three 777Fs, the 23rd 777 Freighter to be delivered so far, was handed over on May 17 at Boeing’s Delivery Center
Read moreFirst Lufthansa A380 delivered
Lufthansa took delivery of its first of 15 Airbus A380s in a ceremony at Airbus’s Hamburg facilities on May 19. More than 700 guests were on hand to witness the official handover ceremony for Rolls-Royce Trent 900 powered A380 MSN038 D-AIMA, which has been named Frankfurt am Main, at Airbus’s Hamburg-Finkenwerder plant. “With the A380
Read moreBrasilia pilots performing engine out manoeuvres before crash
The pilots of an Airnorth Embraer EMB-120ER Brasilia were performing a simulated engine failure on a training mission shortly before the aircraft crashed after taking off from Darwin Airport, according to a preliminary report by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB). According to witness reports the takeoff of the aircraft, VH-ANB, appeared to be normal,
Read moreAIPA takes cockpit regulations fight to Canberra
/The Australian and International Pilots Association (AIPA) and the International Federation of Air Line Pilots Associations (IFALPA) have gone to Canberra to lobby parliamentarians against the changes to cockpit access regulations which are currently before parliament. AIPA and IFLAPA are opposed to changes to the Australian Aviation Transport Regulations, which they claim will prevent licensed
Read moreMAS turns around first quarter loss
Malaysia Airlines has reversed major losses during the first quarter of the year, posting a net profit of RM310m (A$110m) for the three months ending March 31. The swing to profits came as revenue increased by 21 per cent to RM3.3bn (A$1.17bn), aided by a 29 per cent increase in passenger traffic. Cargo was also
Read moreRAAF use of Salt Ash range to be reduced
/Use of the Salt Ash Air Weapons range near RAAF Base Williamtown will be halved when the F-35A JSF enters RAAF service. The ADF says it has completed its review into the way the JSF will use the range and the aircraft’s anticipated noise footprint, expected to be far greater than the F/A-18 Hornets it
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