V Australia will commence daily services on the Sydney-Nadi route from December 18, while it has also announced plans to cut its frequency on the Sydney-Los Angeles route from February next year. The airline launched sales on the services on November 5, with fares starting from from $199 one way for economy, $469 in premium
Embraer has announced that its demonstrator Phenom 100 will undertake an Asia-Pacific sales tour, with stops in India, Singapore and Australia. “Embraer is proud to showcase its successful entry level Phenom 100 in the Asia Pacific region,” said José Eduardo Costas, Embraer’s vice president, marketing and sales, Asia Pacific – Executive Jets. “In less than
Tiger Airways Australia has announced that it will start services between Melbourne and Brisbane from March 28 2010, marking its first direct service to Brisbane Airport. Tiger launched the flights on November 5, with an $88 launch fare on the flights which will be operated up to three times daily. Tiger Airways Australia’s managing director
The final F-111 to undergo deeper level maintenance with Boeing Defence Australia has exited the company’s Amberley facility, ending 35 years of F-111 heavy maintenance in Australia. F-111C A8-135 was delivered to 82WG for the final time at a November 4 ceremony attended by RAAF and Boeing officials. The F-111 fleet is scheduled to be
Three Australian companies have signed two MoUs for additional work on the F-35 JSF program. Perth based Quickstep Holdings has signed an MoU with Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman to manufacture as much as $700 million worth of work comprising lower side skins, maintenance access panels, F2 fuel tank cover, lower skin and in-board weapons
Emirates announced on November 4 that it will start a third daily Dubai-Sydney service on December 2. The additional service will initially be flown four times weekly with a Boeing 777-200LR, rising to daily frequencies from January 2. Emirates says that with the flights departing at Sydney at 6am that it will allow for closer
