Airbus says it is ready and able to build a pilotless airliner but is says it is up to the airlines to sell the concept to the public. Addressing global media at Airbus Innovation Days Airbus executive vice president of strategy and future programs Christian Scherer said that “airlines are pressing it to reduce costs
Qantas and Jetstar will add nearly 900,000 seats per year to the country’s most competitive east coast routes in a move squarely aimed at rival Virgin Australia. The increases comes amid a spate of news-making announcement by the airline in recent days, including layoffs of maintenance workers and a restructuring that split Qantas’s domestic and
The Victorian government will provide more than $1.2 million toward the expansion of Latrobe Regional Airport to support the expansion plans of aircraft maker GippsAero. Victorian Aviation Minister Gordon Rich-Phillips said the company’s expansion plans, which could create more than 150 new jobs, were dependent on improved airport infrastructure. “The Coalition Government’s investment will create
The US Congress has been notified of the possible sale of 12 EA-18G Growler conversion kits to Australia for $1.7 billion, another sign that the RAAF will move ahead with plans to convert half of its F/A-18 Super Hornets to the electronic warfare variant. In a statement released today, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency
It will be a while before the traveling public will have a chance to fly Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner in Australia. But 10 Australian Aviation readers have a chance to take a free guided tour of the revolutionary jetliner during its visit to Sydney on Monday afternoon. Hosted by Boeing, the tour will include a look
First delivery of the A400M airlifter is on track for the end of the year, even though two new problems have been discovered in the aircraft’s troublesome engine gearbox, Airbus Military says. The more serious of the new problems was a failure of a propeller gearbox on an A400M returning to Europe after its recent
