Qantas has reportedly decided to cut 400 jobs at its Tullamarine maintenance facility, following up on plans to consolidate maintenance operations announced earlier this year. The Herald Sun newspaper reported today that the job cuts would come from Tullamarine, where the airline maintains its Boeing 737 fleet, with another 660 workers at Avalon expected to
The Army’s Black Hawk helicopters have been cleared for full operations six days after being restricted to essential flights. The partial suspension followed the emergency landing of a Black Hawk on April 24 during preparations for Anzac Day commemorations in Papua New Guinea. According to the ADF, an investigation found that the helicopter suffered an
Boeing has completed the first 787 to be assembled at its new South Carolina plant, the first time a Boeing airliner has been built in the southeastern US. The milestone 787 will now undergo system checks and engine runs before flight testing and then delivery to customer Air India in mid-2012. Boeing chose North Charleston,
Airbus has rolled out the first production A320 fitted with its ‘Sharklet’ blending wingtips ahead of flight testing of the fuel saving device starting next month. Toulouse-built, CFM56-powered A320 MSN5098 will be the first of a number of Sharklet equipped A320s to take part in a 600 hour flight test program ahead of certification and
Eurocopter has delivered the 500th EC145 twin-engine helicopter, ten years after the first production EC145 was delivered in April 2002. The milestone 500th machine was handed over to Mexican company Transportes Aereos Pegaso at Eurocopter’s Donauworth, Germany facility on April 27. Eurocopter says its has delivered EC145s, a development of the popular BK117, to 100
Qantas says it has so far inspected three of its 14 strong Airbus A380 fleet for wing rib cracking, in accordance with an EASA airworthiness directive issued earlier this year. “To date Qantas has inspected three aircraft for the wing rib cracking,” the airline said in a statement issued on Friday. “In each case limited
