The first former V Australia Boeing 777-300ER to be repainted in Virgin Australia colours has re-entered service. VH-VPH St Kilda Beach ferried from Sydney to Singapore on March 26 where it was painted in Virgin Australia colours. It then ferried from Singapore to Abu Dhabi where it entered service in the new scheme on April 11 operating VA30
Phantom Media is proud to announce that Australian Aviation is now being published for the Apple iPad. The Australian Aviation app features all the in-depth stories, editorials and news items from the magazine in an easy-to-read and user-friendly format optimised for the iPad, augmented by video and extra pictorial content. Each monthly issue of the
Jetstar Japan’s first Airbus A320 has touched down at Tokyo’s Narita International Airport. The brand new 180-seat A320 departed Toulouse, France at 11:00am on April 24 and flew via Cairo in Egypt, Muscat in Oman and Hanoi in Vietnam, before landing at 19:21 at Narita on April 26. “This is a very exciting milestone for
Virgin Australia has revealed plans to upgrade its domestic terminals at Sydney and Melbourne Airports, which are expected to be completed by the end of the year. Changes for Sydney Airport will include a new, two level, 560-seat lounge, doubling the size of the existing lounge, five new narrow body parking positions, the capability to
Virgin Australia has revealed product details of its new build Airbus A330-200s, two of which are being delivered to the airline with a third to follow later in the year. The three new A330-200s, which will join the two existing A330-200 acquired secondhand, will be used predominantly for transcontinental services between Sydney and Melbourne and
The rear fuselage section for the first A350 XWB to be assembled has arrived at Airbus’s A350 XWB Final Assembly Line in Toulouse. The rear fuselage section, assembled at Airbus’s Hamburg plant, comprises the rear fuselage barrel, produced at Airbus’s Getafe plant in Spain, two lateral aft fuselage panels made by Premium AEROTEC in Germany, plus
