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Oceania airlines, airports, well represented in punctuality table
/ | 2 Comments on Oceania airlines, airports, well represented in punctuality tableOceania airlines and airports ranked among the top 20 most punctual mainline and low-cost carriers in 2017, a report says. The Punctuality League report from aviation consultancy OAG said Qantas was the fifth most punctual mainline carrier of 2017 with an on-time performance of 86.18 per cent. Two other local carriers also made the top
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Malaysia Airlines to resume Brisbane-Kuala Lumpur flights
/ | 10 Comments on Malaysia Airlines to resume Brisbane-Kuala Lumpur flightsMalaysia Airlines (MAS) plans to resume nonstop flights between Brisbane and Kuala Lumpur from June after a near three-year absence on the route. Brisbane Airport said on Tuesday MAS would commence a four times weekly service from June 6 2018 with Airbus A330 equipment. The flights have been scheduled as a morning departure from MAS’s
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Silkair Australia's first Boeing 737 MAX operator
| 17 Comments on Silkair Australia's first Boeing 737 MAX operatorDarwin has welcomed Australia’s first scheduled Boeing 737 MAX passenger flight, with Silkair’s MI801 touching down in the Northern Territory capital a few minutes before 1500 local time on Sunday. Silkair’s inaugural MAX service, operated by 9V-MBC, covered the 1,804nm journey between Singapore and Darwin in a little over four and a half hours. The
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/ | 16 Comments on Silkair Australia’s first Boeing 737 MAX operatorDarwin has welcomed Australia’s first scheduled Boeing 737 MAX passenger flight, with Silkair’s MI801 touching down in the Northern Territory capital a few minutes before 1500 local time on Sunday. Silkair’s inaugural MAX service, operated by 9V-MBC, covered the 1,804nm journey between Singapore and Darwin in a little over four and a half hours. The
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First Airbus A321neo ACF variant breaks cover at Hamburg
/ | 6 Comments on First Airbus A321neo ACF variant breaks cover at HamburgAirbus has rolled out the first A321neo Airbus Cabin Flex (ACF) aircraft, the largest variant of the company’s A320 narrowbody family that is designed to seat up to 240 passengers. The first A321neo ACF, powered by CFM Leap-1A engines, was unveiled at Airbus’s Hamburg facility on January 5 (European time) after completing final assembly. The
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Search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 looks set to resume
/ | 2 Comments on Search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 looks set to resumeThe Malaysian government is set to announce it has accepted an offer from a private company to resume the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, media reports say. US-based Ocean Infinity, which first made the offer to Malaysia in October 2017, has one of its search vessels, the Seabed Constructor, en route from Durban
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