Skywest has taken delivery of the first ATR 72 it will operate for Virgin Australia, with the aircraft handed over at ATR’s Toulouse facility on August 11. Leasing company (and Skywest associate company) Avation has four ATR 72-500s and four ATR 72-600s on order which Skywest will operate for Virgin Australia, with the remaining ATR
QantasLink will introduce the Dash 8 Q400 turboprop to Western Australia for the first time with the planned launch of services between Geraldton and Perth from November 21. QantasLink will offer a twice daily Monday to Friday service on the route, alongside daily return flights on Saturday and Sunday. The new service will compete with
Tiger Airways Australia resumed ticket sales today with a gradual return to scheduled flights from Friday August 12, after the embattled airline’s AOC was reinstated by CASA yesterday afternoon. Tiger has implemented a drastically reduced flight schedule focused around its Melbourne base plus Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and the Gold Coast. Flights are expected to
Qantas subsidiary Jetconnect has been fined NZ$12,000 after a late landing broke the curfew at Wellington International Airport during September last year. The airline pleaded guilty to breaching the curfew at the airport, and was handed the fine by Wellington District Court Judge Jan Kelly. The fine is expected to be paid to Wellington City
Former RAAF fighter pilot and Red Bull Air Racer Matt Hall has launched a series of joy flight packages, aimed at giving the experience of flying with the gun pilot in his two-seat Extra 300L. The joy flights will initially operate out of Cessnock in the NSW Hunter Valley. However, plans are also underway to
Philippines based carrier Cebu Pacific has finalised its order for 30 Airbus A321neos, confirming an MoU signed in June. All 30 aircraft are expected to be configured in a 220-seat single-class configuration for operations across Cebu’s network of 34 domestic and 16 international destinations. The airline, which is yet to choose an engine type (CFM
