Eight RAAF F/A-18 Hornets and six Indonesian Air Force (TNI-AU) F-16s are among the aircraft from both nations taking part in the bilateral Elang Ausindo 2011 exercise, which began on September 5. The RAAF has deployed eight F/A-18A Hornets, two C-130 Hercules and one C-17A Globemaster to Bali’s Ngurah Rai Airport, as they exercise with
Emirates Airline’s freight subsidiary, Emirates SkyCargo, has announced that it will operate its first dedicated weekly freight service to Australia from September 12, utilising its new fleet of Boeing 777 Freighters on the route. The new freighter service, flight EK9920, will fly the Dubai-Singapore-Sydney-Hong Kong-Dubai route on a weekly basis, arriving at Sydney Airport every
Fair Work Australia has dismissed an Australian and International Airline Pilots’ Association (AIPA) application to have pilots employed by Qantas’s New Zealand based Jetconnect subsidiary brought under Australian industrial laws and arrangements. Jetconnect employs 100 New Zealand based pilots who operate Qantas’s trans Tasman 737 operations, most of whom, according to Qantas, are covered by
Boeing has announced that it will deliver its first 747-8 Freighter to launch customer Cargolux on September 19, with a second aircraft to follow two days later on September 21. Both 747-8Fs will be delivered to Cargolux at Boeing’s Everett, Washington factory. Cargolux, which has 13 747-8Fs on order, will put the first two aircraft
Embraer and General Electric have announced the conclusion of a series of biofuel test flights in August, aimed at benchmarking operational characteristics of a camelina derived Hydro-processed Esters and Fatty Acids (HEFA) fuel. The trial saw the biofuel – with the maximum American Society for Testing and Materials (ATSM) approved mix of 50 per cent
Tiger Airways Australia has announced the resumption of flights between Melbourne and Perth, with a daily return flight to operate from September 7. “Perth is our fourth destination to return to following the resumption of domestic services on 12 August 2011…The Melbourne-Perth route has historically been very popular for Tiger Airways,” Tiger Airways head of
