Victorian company Pressfast Industries has taken delivery of a new single engine Piper Mirage. The company, which produces pressed metal products, will base the aircraft in Moorabin in Melbourne’s east and use it primarily for business travel to Sydney and Brisbane. The aircraft was delivered on December 12, with the sale first announced during the
Boeing has delivered its 7000th 737 aircraft, a 737-800 to budget carrier FlyDubai. Since entering airline service in 1968, Boeing says the single aisle 737 has become the most popular airliner in history with total orders exceeding 9300 aircraft. That includes more than 900 orders for the new 737 MAX, a re-engined version scheduled to
A rare computer fault caused the sudden nose dive of a Qantas flight in 2008 that injured 119 people, an investigation by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau has concluded. The incident occurred on board Airbus A330-303 VH-QPA operating QF72 that departed Singapore for Perth on October 7 2008. While cruising at 37,000ft, one of the
Qantas and its engineers have reached a contract deal and are expected to present the agreement to labour umpire Fair Work Australia today. It could still be several weeks before the deal is finalised, but the agreement would end one of the three labour disputes that have badly shaken the carrier this year, leading Qantas management to
Air New Zealand will soon take delivery of another all black aircraft to celebrate the All Blacks rugby world cup championship. The black 777-300ER rolled out of Boeing’s paint hangar in Seattle on December 16 and is expected to be delivered to Air New Zealand in late January. The paint scheme is meant to highlight
The Royal Australian Navy’s Sea King helicopters and 817 Squadron have closed out 35 and 48 years of service, respectively, with a final flight held at HMAS Albatross near Nowra. The flight was made as part of a decommissioning ceremony on Friday attended by Minster for Defence Science and Personnel Warren Snowdon and Chief of
