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Qantas enters seventh decade of jet operations
/ | 3 Comments on Qantas enters seventh decade of jet operationsQantas entered the jet era on July 29 1959 when a Boeing 707-138B took off from Sydney bound for San Francisco via Nadi in Fiji and Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Caboolture Aero Club hosts gathering of De Havilland aircraft
/ | 1 Comment on Caboolture Aero Club hosts gathering of De Havilland aircraftCaboolture Airfield has played host to a gathering of about 40 De Havilland aircraft, which began arriving on July 26 and continued across the weekend.
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From the archives: Flight test: The Brumby LSA
/This story from the Australian Aviation archives comes from June 2009, when Owen Zupp took the Brumby LSA on a flight test.
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Air New Zealand looking long-haul with latest Boeing 787 order
/ | 4 Comments on Air New Zealand looking long-haul with latest Boeing 787 orderThis story by Denise McNabb from the July 2019 edition of Australian Aviation looks at the long-haul ambitions of Air New Zealand with the Boeing 787.
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Regulators lift grounding of GippsAero GA8 Airvan
Regulators in Australia, the European Union and elsewhere have lifted a temporary grounding of the Australian-made GippsAero GA8 Airvan.
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737 MAX grounding dampens American Airlines’ strong Q2 result
/Strong travel demand, high load factors and a robust loyalty program have ticked the boxes for American Airlines to deliver a healthy second quarter result.
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