Tigerair has graduated its first group of Queensland-based cabin crews as it prepares to open a new Brisbane base on March 11. The initial group will be followed by a second group on February 25 to provide a total of 50 cabin crew members and managers required to open the new base. “We’ve been really
Qantas has operated its last 737-400 revenue flight, marking the end of scheduled Boeing 737-300/-400 ‘classic’ passenger services in Australia. Qantas 737-476 VH-TJS Jabiru operated the final service, QF819 from Canberra to Melbourne, on Sunday afternoon, the 48 minute flight departing at 17:23 and touching down 48 minutes later at 18:11. An Airservices ARFF monitor
The re-branding of the former EADS and Airbus sub-brands is continuing, with American Eurocopter changing its name to Airbus Helicopters Inc. (AHI) on February 1. Heading up the new entity will be President and CEO, Marc Paganini, with the company headquarters to remain at Grand Prairie near Dallas in Texas, and the manufacturing and assembly
US-based DefenseNews is reporting France will soon place an order for 12 Airbus A330 MRTTs to replace its ageing fleet of 14 C-135FR tankers. The report cites February 20 comments from French Chief of Staff General Denis Mercier made on the sidelines of the annual USAF Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando. He said the latest
Usually mild-mannered Virgin Australia CEO John Borghetti has come out swinging in an interview about Qantas’s bid to receive a debt guarantee from the federal government. Speaking on ABC radio on February 18, Borghetti labelled proposals by the government to offer a debt guarantee to Qantas as “bizarre”, adding that “if it wasn’t so serious
Boeing’s P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft is set to enter RAAF service from 2017 after the federal government approved the acquisition of eight and options on a further four. The decision was announced by Prime Minister Tony Abbott at Fairbairn Defence Establishment, Canberra Airport on Friday morning, and is the first major defence acquisition from
