Qantas, Regional Express and Skytrans have been awarded long term contracts to serve on a number of routes in northern and central Queensland under the state government’s QConnect program. The new awards replace emergency contracts which have been in place since March following the collapse of MacAir. They will see QantasLink retain its Townsville-Cloncurry-Mount Isa
The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) South Eastern Section has been awarded a contract to continue operating fixed-wing patient retrievals on behalf of the Ambulance Service of New South Wales. Under the new agreement which runs to 2021, the RFDS will provide aircraft, crew and engineers for NSW Ambulance. The RFDS currently operates four Beechcraft
Skywest Airlines is to list on the Australian Securities Exchange from December 7 under the ticker code ‘SXR’. The airline says that it hopes through listing on the ASX to improve its liquidity and to gain greater access to Australian investors. It is understood that the airline is seeking to increase its Australian ownership to
The Pentagon is looking at increasing funding for the JSF program to the tune of US$300m (A$324m), delaying the aircraft’s development program by as much as 12 months, and offloading some of the program’s financial burden onto Lockheed Martin in an effort to remove risk to the program, according to reports. Following a series of
Qantas has taken delivery of a new Airbus A330-200 for domestic operations which features new seats and individual in-flight entertainment across all cabins. The A330, registered VH-EBM and named Tamar Valley, features 36 business and 265 economy seats, which have been designed in collaboration with Marc Newson. The new business seats feature a width of
Jetstar has confirmed that it will now launch four times weekly direct services from Cairns to Osaka on April 1 after earlier plans to start the service in December were set back by a disagreement with Cairns Airport over charges. “The securing of a long term partnership agreement with Cairns International Airport was a clear
