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Tiger flight trials from LHD amphibious assault ships planned for Q1 2017
/ | 9 Comments on Tiger flight trials from LHD amphibious assault ships planned for Q1 2017First of class flight trials of the Army’s Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter from the Navy’s LHD amphibious assault ships is planned for the first quarter of 2017, the Department of Defence has confirmed. “First of class flight trials is planned to be conducted in the first quarter of 2017. Results from this activity and the deck handling
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Air NZ to use 787 on Perth-Christchurch seasonal route
/ | 5 Comments on Air NZ to use 787 on Perth-Christchurch seasonal routeAir New Zealand plans to boost capacity between Perth and Christchurch when it uses the 787-9 Dreamliner on the seasonal route from December. Previously, Air NZ’s Perth-Christchurch flights, which operate during the summer months, have been flown with 230-seat Boeing 767-300ERs comprising 24 in business and 206 in economy. However, the airline said on Tuesday
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Sunshine Coast’s proposed new runway to maintain airport’s passenger growth momentum
/ | 5 Comments on Sunshine Coast’s proposed new runway to maintain airport’s passenger growth momentumSunshine Coast Airport’s proposed new runway will allow the fast-growing airport to open new markets and ease operational constraints on existing airlines flying to the Queensland tourist destination, the local council and tourism body says. The new runway at the council-owned airport is the centrepiece of a $347 million expansion project which is still waiting
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Punctuality reaches near record levels in February
/ | 1 Comment on Punctuality reaches near record levels in FebruaryThere was an across the board improvement in punctuality among Australia’s domestic carriers in February, with on-time performance at near record levels. Overall, 90.3 per cent of the nation’s domestic services – or more than nine in 10 flights – either departed or arrived on time in February, the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional
Read more‘Airborne gateway’ provides air-land integration for Jericho Dawn firepower demonstration
/ | 8 Comments on ‘Airborne gateway’ provides air-land integration for Jericho Dawn firepower demonstrationA firepower demonstration conducted at Puckapunyal on Friday as part of the RAAF’s Exercise Jericho Dawn series has successfully validated the use of Northrop Grumman’s ‘airborne gateway’ technology, carried on a Gulfstream II demonstrator aircraft, to allow data to be shared between various ADF platforms including F/A-18F Super Hornets, Tiger ARH helicopters and the Wedgetail
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New loan highlights the changing fortunes of Virgin Australia?
| 3 Comments on New loan highlights the changing fortunes of Virgin Australia?ANALYSIS: Remember when, back in November 2013, Qantas set up an online petition calling for Australians to voice their opposition to Virgin Australia’s proposed $350 million capital raising, called Fairgo4Qantas? At the time, Qantas expressed fears that the rights issue, which was backed by Virgin’s three major airline shareholders Air New Zealand, Etihad Airways and Singapore Airlines
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