Contract air services provider Draken International is buying eight ex RNZAF McDonnell Douglas A-4K Skyhawks and various other equipment and accessories from the NZ government. Draken will use the aircraft to support US Department of Defense training activities, providing realistic training and threat simulation. The contract with NZ includes over 20 spare engines and an
Virgin Australia will end its thrice weekly services from Brisbane to Hamilton, New Zealand, citing a lack of demand. The airline said its last flight on the route would be on October 27. Virgin began flying to Hamilton in 2009. “Despite our support and out positive relationship with Hamilton Airport over the past three years,
Ethiopian Airlines has taken delivery of its first Boeing 787 Dreamliner, becoming just the third airline to receive the long-delayed composite jet. The carrier received the aircraft on Tuesday (US time) in Seattle, and expected to fly it to Washington, DC before departing for the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. The airline has said it initially
Qantas will resume flights to the Gold Coast with three times weekly services from Sydney beginning in late October. The airline said conditions were right for its return more than four years after it cancelled services to the Gold Coast, saying at the time that it was losing money on the flights. Budget subsidiary Jetstar
Nine F/A-18 Super Hornets belonging to the RAAF’s 1 Squadron have made their debut at Exercise Pitch Black over the Northern Territory. The Amberley-based fighters are among 94 aircraft from six nations taking part in the bi-annual exercise, which runs through ro August 17. Wing Commander Murray Jones, the squadron’s CO, said the Super Hornets
The start-up Australian Helicopter Industry Association (AHIA) has appointed a volunteer steering committee as it moves toward its first annual meeting. Longtime Bell Helicopter sales executive Peter Crook has been named the steering committee president, with Mark Scrymgeour acting as vice president. Mr Scrymgeour is the fleet logistics manager for refrigerated transport company Fridgelog. Both
