Sydney Airport has joined AirAsia X in its campaign for the Malaysian government to grant it rights to fly from Kuala Lumpur to Sydney. The airline recently took the step of painting one of its aircraft with a message calling for the Malaysian government to “liberate Sydney” and end the monopoly that Malaysia Airlines enjoys
Boeing has recorded a 9.7 per cent increase in deliveries of commercial aircraft during the third quarter of 2010, driven primarily by higher deliveries of 737s. For the three months to September 30, Boeing delivered 124 aircraft, comprised of 100 737NGs, 21 777s and three 767s. That is compared to the 113 deliveries during the
Libyan African Aviation Holding Company has ordered three Bombardier CRJ900 NextGen aircraft and placed options on a further three. The aircraft will be operated by Libyan Airlines, which currently operates five CRJ900s.
The Israeli Ministry of Defence has signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance for the procurement of the F-35A JSF, making it the first nation for formally order the aircraft through the US FMS process. “We’re very pleased with the Government of Israel’s decision to move forward with the US government’s Letter of Offer and
QantasLink has announced that it will expand its schedule to the Queensland mining centres of Emerald, Moranbah and Roma from October 18 to support growing demand from the mining industry. “We have consulted with the mining industry, and have added some ongoing extra capacity and some peak period capacity which will operate from 18 October-18
The fleet of seven F-35 JSF test aircraft has been cleared to return to flight following a week long grounding because of a fuel pump sequencing software issue. The lifting of the suspension comes after a software patch was developed and uploaded to the jets, five of which are at Pax River in Maryland and
