Qantas will next month begin trialling streaming inflight entertainment to Apple iPad tablet computers on a single 767-300 in domestic service. The world first six week ‘Q Streaming’ trial will run from late October through to early December and will allow passengers to view content such as movies streamed to the iPads ‘on demand’. Each
RAAF Caribous are set to return to the skies with Defence announcing that two of the aircraft are being acquired by HARS (the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society), and seven going to Brisbane based Amrock Aviation. The Illawarra based HARS will preserve its two Caribou in flying condition, with the support of Australian Aerospace, which provided
The RAAF has officially taken delivery of its fifth Boeing C-17 Globemaster III, A41-210, in a ceremony held at the manufacturer’s final assembly facility in Long Beach, California on September 14. The delivery ceremony for A41-210 was attended by Minister for Defence Stephen Smith, Chief of the Defence Force GEN David Hurley, secretary of the
The Transport Workers Union (TWU) has announced a series of four hour work stoppages for its Qantas workers on September 20, with up to 3800 union-aligned baggage handlers, ground staff, catering, freight and other transport employees across Australia taking action over a five per cent pay increase and various other job security concerns. Qantas has
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has cleared Boeing’s new 747-8 to operate at the same separation distances as its earlier 747-400, after the aircraft was classed as ‘Heavy’ for wake turbulence considerations. An ICAO team of wake vortices experts from the US FAA, European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL) and EASA
V Australia has won Best in Region (Asia and Australasia), Best Food and Beverage and Best IFE User Interface at the 2011 Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX) Passenger Choice Awards in Washington, Seattle, taking out three of the 14 possible categories. “V Australia would like to thank our guests who took the time to vote
