The International Air Services Commission (IASC) has granted Strategic Airlines its request for 4.2 Boeing 747 equivalent capacity units on the Thailand route. The allocation will allow the airline to start up to six times weekly services with its Airbus A330-200.
Qantas has lodged an application with the International Air Services Commission (IASC) for an increase to its allocation on the Philippines route to allow its Jetstar subsidiary to start services between Darwin and Manila. The airline is seeking an additional 531 seats per week on the Philippines route for five years, with the capacity to
Air Lease Corporation has confirmed its order for 15 Embraer E-190s and five options announced at the Farnborough Airshow in July. First delivery will take place in June 2011.
The RAAF has temporarily suspended flying its 33 BAE Systems Hawk lead-in fighters after a 79SQN aircraft experienced an as yet undisclosed technical problem on Monday. According to a Department of Defence media statement issued on October 13, a “Hawk aircraft at RAAF Base Pearce experienced a technical fault while taxiing before takeoff on Monday 11
Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Mark Binskin has announced that the RAAF will celebrate its 90th anniversary at the 2011 Australian International Airshow at Avalon in March. “The airshow will coincide with RAAF’s 90th Anniversary. So the 90th will be a key theme for this world class event which is run by Air Shows
Brindabella Airlines has announced that it will end its Port Macquarie-Brisbane services at the end of the year, citing poor patronage. “The demand we experienced at the outset has dropped off to the extent we can no longer sustain services to the area,” CEO Jeff Boyd told Port Macquarie News. The last Port Macquarie-Brisbane service
