Fijian carrier Air Pacific has rolled out the first of the new Airbus A330s that will carry forward the airline’s re-branding as Fiji Airways. The aircraft, featuring a livery designed around traditional Fijian symbols, will begin commercial services on April 2, two months ahead of the airline’s planned relaunch. Air Pacific/Fiji Airways has ordered three
Boeing has unveiled a series of design changes intended to prevent the lithium-ion batteries of its 787 Dreamliner from catching fire, hoping the changes will allow the beleaguered jetliner to resume flights within a few weeks. Among the changes, Boeing will wrap the eight cells of the batteries in an insulation known as phenolic glass
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has awarded the A400M full type certification, making the aircraft the world’s first large military transport to be certified to civil standards. The certification comes ahead of the first delivery of the A400M to the French air force, after exhaustive flight testing involving the five-string fleet completing 4,800 hours
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has received the 100th A380 delivered by Airbus. The aircraft is the sixth A380 to be delivered to MAS. In a statement to mark the milestone, Airbus said the A380, now in its sixth year of commercial services, has carried some 36 million passengers onboard 100,000 flights. Today, the worldwide A380 fleet
Regional Express has followed-through on its threat to withdraw services from Dubbo after the airport elected to charge the airline security fees even though it was not legally required to use the services. Rex announced it will reduce its 82 weekly flights between Sydney and Dubbo to 73 from April. Wagga Wagga has been the
Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC) has re-opened the cross-runway after a five-month closure to allow enabling works on the new parallel runway. BAC CEO Julieanne Alroe said: “The cross-runway is a shorter, narrower runway which means its use is limited to smaller aircraft typically used on regional routes, as well as the Royal Flying Doctors Service.
