Airnorth has announced that it will operate an additional two services per week on the Darwin-Dili route from October 4. The new Wednesday and Thursday services will mean that Airnorth will operate twice daily services between Darwin and Dili between Mondays and Thursdays and daily services on Fridays and Saturdays. All services are operated with
Cessna has announced that it will lay off up to 700 employees across its various operations due to the slower than expected pace of the recovery of the general aviation aircraft market. In a memo to employees, Cessna’s president, chairman and CEO Jack Pelton said that, “the recovery and growth we expected to see throughout
The US House of Representatives have passed a bill which will grant businesses who buy new general aviation aircraft and components a bonus depreciation tax incentive in a move which is expected to give a major boost to the GA manufacturing industry. “We are pleased that the House acted so quickly to pass the final
The fourth Rathmines Catalina Festival will be held on October 23 to help raise funds to restore and base the Cataling Flying Memorial’s Catalina VH-CAT at Rathmines. The festival will include entertainers, flypasts and landings from seaplanes, Tiger Moths and other light aircraft as well as an aerobatic display from a Pitts Special. In addition,
The first Boeing F/A-18F+ for the RAAF, A44-213, made its first flight at St Louis on September 23. The aircraft is the first of 12 to be modified with specific wiring, conduits and avionics racks for conversion to the EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft. They have been internally given the ‘+’ suffix by Boeing Australia
Virgin Blue and Etihad Airways have received interim authorisation from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for their alliance. The interim authorisation will now allow the two airlines to start selling joint fares on each others’ networks from October 1. The two carriers will integrate the Etihad Guest and Velocity programs, with members able
