Continental Airlines and United Airlines have started merger discussions according to reports, which come following earlier reports of United also holding discussions with US Airways. According to a report from the Reuters news service, which cites an unnamed source briefed in the matter, Continental and United talks are in the “very early stages”, although much
Brazilian pilot Adilson Kindlemann crashed into the Swan River on April 15 during practice in the lead up to the Perth round of the Red Bull Air Race. According to witness reports, Kindlemann was flying close to the water and appeared to be coming out of a tight turn when his wing may have struck
JSF test aircraft F-35A AF-1, the first “optimised” A model F-35, has emerged from Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Final Finishes Facility at Fort Worth sporting its robot applied paint coatings and new hand painted fin flashes on its vertical tails. AF-1 had flown twice late last year before undergoing a period of ground testing, but is
The WA Department of Transport has proposed a new framework for intra-WA turboprop routes which would see a greater number of route licences issued, as well as limited competition on some currently protected routes. In a presentation to stakeholders on April 9, the Department noted that intra-WA routes were not yet ready to support full
The first Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime reconnaissance aircraft arrived at the US Navy’s east coast test facility at NAS Patuxent River near Washington DC on April 10. The aircraft, dubbed T1, flew from Boeing Field, Seattle, and was ceremonially escorted into Pax River by a P-3C Orion, the aircraft it will replace in service. T1
Airnorth has announced that it will launch flights from Darwin to Port Hedland and Karratha via Broome from June 1. The flight will operate on a Darwin-Broome-Karratha and return service. The services will be operated by 76-seat Embraer E-170s, with the airline to take delivery of its third of the type in May. Lead-in fares
