The World of Aviation

Chinese airlines will be able to operate 59 passenger flights a week to and from New Zealand under an expanded bilateral air services agreement. New Zealand Transport Minister Simon Bridges said the new limit was an increase from 49 flights a week currently and could rise further in the coming years should there be demand

Brisbane Airport has welcomed its first Airbus A350 operator with Cathay Pacific introducing the type on its nonstop service from Hong Kong on Sunday. Cathay Pacific’s CX157, operated by B-LRA, touched down at Brisbane Airport a little after 2230 local time after an eight and a half hour journey from Hong Kong. The A350-900, which features

The Multirole Aviation Training Vessel (MATV) MV Sycamore will be ready to train the first students under the Helicopter Aircrew Training System (HATS) as scheduled despite a “misalignment” of project schedules at the time of HATS contract signature, Defence has confirmed. The MATV, which is being procured separately from HATS to support a range of

Qantas has delayed start of its internet wi-fi service due to what the airline says are “stability issues”. The airline said recently it had planned to turn on internet wi-fi on one of its Boeing 737-800s, VH-XZB, by the end of this week. However, Qantas said in a statement on March 25 that had now been

Australians have a new one-stop, single-carrier option to Israel following the start of Cathay Pacific’s services to Tel Aviv Ben Gurion International Airport. The inaugural four times weekly flight took off from Hong Kong on Sunday, with CX675 operated by Airbus A350-900 B-LRG. The flights have been scheduled for Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday and

The investigation into the fatal March 14 crash of an Irish Coast Guard Sikorsky S-92A, EI-ICR, continues after the helicopter crashed at Black Rock Island, about 17km off the coast of Mayo on Ireland’s west coast, in the very early hours of the morning killing all four crew members on board. Operated by CHC Helicopter