QantasLink has launched sales for its flights between Cairns and Port Moresby, with the first service to take off on July 1. “QantasLink’s expansion into Papua New Guinea heralds the first arrival of a Qantas aircraft into the market since 2002. This expansion has been made possible by an investment of over $600 million since
Continental Airlines has announced that it plans to fly from its Houston hub to Auckland from November next year utilising its new Boeing 787-8s. The airline, which is currently in the process of merging with United Airlines, plans to launch services which will vary between daily and five times weekly depending on the season from
Transport Minister Anthony Albanese officially opened Regional Express (Rex)’s Australian Airline Pilot Academy (AAPA) at Wagga Wagga on May 27, at the same time announcing the federal government would provide just over $1 million to help fund an instrument landing system (ILS) for the regional NSW centre’s airport. “Rex has shown a great deal of
Bombardier says that the CSeries will still be more efficient than an Airbus A320 or Boeing 737NG with new generation engines. Speaking at the US Regional Airline Association conference in Milwaukee, Bombardier’s VP marketing for commercial aircraft Phillippe Poutissou said that even if Boeing and Airbus adopted the PW1000G or CFM LEAP-X engines for their
Boeing’s X-51A WaveRider broke the record for the longest scramjet (supersonic combustion ramjet) powered flight in history after it sustained flight for nearly three and a half minutes at a top speed of Mach 5 on May 26. The unmanned WaveRider was released from a US Air Force B-52H (pictured) off the coast of southern
A report by Oxford Economics has estimated that the world economy lost US$4.7bn (A$5.7bn) as a result of the Icelandic volcano eruption which shut down large parts of European airspace during April, while further disruptions during May have added to that figure. The report, which was commissioned by Airbus, found that between April 15-21 that
