Air New Zealand has announced that its group general manager international airline Christopher Luxon will take over as CEO of the airline at the end of December when Rob Fyfe steps down. Mr Luxon joined the airline in May 2011 in his current role, and was previously CEO and president of Unilever Canada. “Christopher has
Airbus Military says that it has successfully tested loading two helicopters into one of its A400M Grizzly development aircraft, a key part of its testing program. Using development aircraft Grizzly 4, an NH Industries NH90 and Eurocopter EC725 were successfully loaded in separate tests at Holzdorf air base in Germany and in Toulouse, France. The
An Air Canada Airbus A319 has performed the first ‘perfect flight’ in North America, which Airbus says has the potential to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by more than 40 per cent. The flight, AC991 from Toronto to Mexico City, was powered by a 50 per cent blend of biofuel, and also employed advanced air traffic
Norway’s parliament has voted to approve an order for 52 F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters for its air force, authorising the acquisition of the first two jets. Under the order, Norway’s first two aircraft will be operated in the US, along with two others being delivered in 2016 for training purposes. The remaining 48
Qantas will add capacity to its Sydney-Dallas/Fort Worth and Perth-Melbourne routes during the second half of the year. From July 1, Qantas will add another weekly flight on the Sydney-Dallas route, taking it to a daily service. The flight from Sydney operates direct to Dallas, while the return service operates via Brisbane. “This announcement is
Northrop Grumman has publicly unveiled the first MQ-4C, the version of the RQ-4 Global Hawk developed for the US Navy’s Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) program, with the US Navy announcing the UAV has been named Triton. The first MQ-4C was revealed at a ceremony at Palmdale, California on June 14, just days after an RQ-4A
