Alliance Airlines will significantly grow its operations in Adelaide with the expansion of its maintenance facilities there, and the basing a Fokker 100 jet in the South Australian capital. Alliance already bases, and performs line and heavy maintenance on, its fleet of five Fokker 50s in Adelaide, but the airline will hire an additional 10
A federal court hearing into CASA’s extension of the grounding of Tiger Airways has been postponed from today to August 1. “CASA applied to the Federal Court on 7 July to continue the suspension until 1 August 2011, in order to complete its investigations of serious safety issues identified within Tiger Airways Australia’s operations,” CASA
Rolls-Royce and GippsAero have signed at the EAA AirVenture at Oshkosh the formal agreement which will see the RR M250-B17F/2 turboprop power the GA10 development of the GA8 Airvan. “The development of the GA10 TP will add a new dimension to the GippsAero product range and with the Rolls-Royce M250-B17 F/2 fitted, will open new
Qantas has announced a partnership with the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia, which will see it fly nurses from across Australia to undertake specialist prostate cancer nurse training, and aim to help raise awareness of prostate cancer through placing the a foundation’s logo on a 737, advertising, inflight announcements and on-board messaging. “Qantas is honoured
Lufthansa has become the latest customer for the Airbus A320neo family, placing a firm order for 25 A320no and five A321neo aircraft, to be powered by Pratt & Whitney’s PW1100G geared turbofan. “We are proud that Lufthansa has chosen the eco-efficient A320neo Family as its solution for sustainable growth, and one which will fit seamlessly
Virgin Australia Embraer E-190 VH-ZPR has become the first E-190 to wear the airline’s new livery. VH-ZPR was spotted in the Virgin Australia colours, and wearing the name Dundee Beach, at Sydney on July 27. The E-190 had first been delivered to Virgin Blue/Australia in Brisbane on April 4 wearing an all-white paint scheme.
