Russia’s second largest airline Transaero has firmed up an order for four Airbus A380s. Transaero had signed a memorandum of understanding for the four aircraft in October 2011. It is the first order for A380s from an airline in the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Qantas has announced that 108 engineering positions in Sydney will be lost as part of its restructuring of its maintenance operations. “As older aircraft are replaced with modern aircraft that have more advanced technology and require less maintenance, less often, there is a reduction in workload for our aircraft maintenance engineers,” Qantas Domestic CEO
Qantas has warned the federal government and opposition that it could “go under” if Etihad Airways was given the green light to take over Virgin Australia’s domestic operations. According to a report by Fairfax media, CEO Alan Joyce and a small delegation have been in Canberra this week lobbying politicans to place controls on how
Qantas has received the first of its reconfigured Airbus A380s, which adds more economy seats at the expense of business class and self-service snack bars. With the reconfiguration, total capacity of the aircraft is raised to 484 passengers, mostly due to the addition of 39 economy seats, most of which are located in the rear
The next Safeskies Conference will be held in Canberra on 16-17 October 2013, organisers have announced. The conference, which is aimed at promoting aviation safety, attracts delegates from across the aviation industry, and has the support of organisations such as CASA, Airservices Australia,the Defence Department, Qantas and Raytheon. The last Safeskies Conference was held in
Australian Aerospace has made a $10,000 donation to Surf Life Saving Queensland during a visit to the Gold Coast. “It doesn’t get much more ‘Aussie’ than the surf life saving movement,” said Australian Aerospace CEO Dr Jens Goennemann, “and while we are quintessentially an Australian company, we do have a special affinity with the State of
