Virgin Australia and Skywest Airlines have named Flight Training Adelaide as the preferred training provider for their new cadet pilot program. The first 56-week training course is scheduled to begin in December. Following graduation, cadets will work as first officers on Virgin’s Skywest-operated ATR turboprop fleet for three years or 1,500 hours before transitioning to
Hawker Pacific has delivered two King Air 350i turboprop aircraft to AeroPearl. The aircraft will be based in Brisbane and used throughout the region in AeroPearl’s Flight Inspection Contract with Airservices Australia. They replace two older King Airs. “These King Air 350i turboprops will provide unmatched value, fuel efficiency and comfort while also meeting the very
Regional Express hopes its ten year birthday party can distract attention from an ugly public relations mauling after an insulting letter it sent to a passenger went public. In the letter, written in response to complaints of poor service on flights between Sydney and the southern NSW town of Griffith, a Rex employee writes that
Tiger Airways has trimmed its Australian losses as it returns to full operations, but says the intensifying capacity war between Qantas and Virgin Australia means it will take longer than expected for Tiger to turn a profit. Tiger reported an operating loss in Australia of $16 million for the three months ending in June, improving
Airbus parent EADS has announced stronger than expected profits but further delays to its A350 program. EADS said net profits for the second quarter reached 461 million euros ($545m), up from 121 million euros in the same period last year. Sales were up 12 per cent to 13.5 billion euros, with the company’s order book
US air safety regulators have launched an investigation after debris that fell from a Boeing 787 engine started a grass fire at an airport in South Carolina. The grass fire shut down the Charleston International Airport for more than an hour on Saturday afternoon (US time), and emergency crews later found metal debris from the
