Qantas has announced it is significantly scaling back group domestic capacity growth over the next two years, which will see it cancel or defer orders for 12 narrowbody airliners. The airline says that “in response to slower overall growth” that it now plans to grow its domestic capacity by 5.5 per cent for 2011-12, rather
Airlines have begun suspending flights to and from Perth as the ash cloud from Chile’s Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano moves over Western Australia. “The northern boundary of the ash cloud which affected flights from Melbourne and Adelaide over the past 48 hours is now located over Bass Strait,” Airservices Australia said in an update this morning.
King Air 250 certified Hawker Beechcraft has received certification for the King Air 250 development of the evergreen King Air twin. The King Air 250 features BLR Aerospace composite winglets, composite propellers and engine induction modifications, which significantly improve airflield performance – Hawker Beechcraft says a 400ft reduction in takeoff distance over the B200GT. “Slight”
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has announced its decision to grant antitrust immunity to the proposed joint alliance between Virgin Australia and Delta Air Lines. After initially rejected the proposed alliance, approval has been granted after the airlines made changes to their submission to the DOT. “In today’s order, the Department said Delta and
Air New Zealand has ruled out a bird strike as the cause of the engine problem which forced a Perth-bound Boeing 767 operating to NZ175 to return to Auckland on June 9. “The pilots reduced takeoff thrust as normal when they were airborne, but at this time there was an interruption to the airflow through
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has granted “interim authorisation” to Qantas and American Airlines’ proposed Joint Business Agreement (JBA), which will allow the airlines to undertake a coordinated “sales and marketing campaign” in Australia and the United States. Qantas had sought the interim approval to allow joint sales and marketing for its recently
