Qantas has announced further expansion of its WA activities, with a new direct Perth-Exmouth service to launch on March 31, and the basing of an additional 737-800 in Perth for intrastate services. “With the Western Australian government’s review of regulated routes opening Perth-Exmouth up to a second licensed operator, QantasLink will commence B717 services, initially
Virgin America has signed a firm order for 60 Airbus A320s including 30 A320neos, becoming the first customer to sign a contract for the re-engined narrowbody airliner, and at the same time taking total Airbus orders to 10,000 aircraft. Virgin America is the second airline to commit to the A32oneo but the first to sign
Airbus has announced that it booked 644 orders for its commercial aircraft in 2010, a slightly higher figure than the 625 sales for the year Boeing announced earlier this month. The European manufacturer also achieved a company high delivery total of 510 aircraft for the year (Boeing delivered 462), 12 more than in 498, handed
Kim Hammonds has been named chief information officer (CIO) and vice president of Boeing’s Information Technology organisation. Hammonds, formerly vice president of Boeing Information Technology Infrastructure organisation, will replace John Hinshaw, who will be moving on to be vice president and general manager of Boeing’s new Information Solutions division in Boeing Defense, Space & Security. Hammonds’
Embraer has received regulatory approval for Garmin’s new Synthetic Vision Technology (SVT) on its Phenom 300 executive jet, becoming the first light executive jet to offer the cockpit feature, after Brazil’s Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC), the US’s FAA and Europe’s EASA gave their approval. The SVT recreates a visual topographic landscape from the
Qantas will launch new four times weekly nonstop services between Australia and Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) from May 16, and at the same time will drop its direct Sydney-San Francisco flights. The new route will see Qantas operate three-class Boeing 747-400ER direct outbound flights from Sydney to DFW as QF7, returning to Sydney via Brisbane as
