AirAsia X has announced that it is increasing frequencies on its services from Kuala Lumpur to Melbourne and the Gold Coast. From February 3, the airline will introduce an additional Wednesday service to Melbourne, lifting its total number of flights each week to 12. “This new service will give passengers better two-way connectivity by reducing
The Pentagon’s Joint Estimate Team (JET) has re-affirmed its previous assessment of the F-35 JSF program, saying “substantially more money and time will be required” to complete development of the aircraft than is currently scheduled. The assessment suggests the program may even come close to the 25 per cent overrun trigger point which would incur
Boeing’s vice president of marketing Randy Tinseth told media in Sydney on October 26 that the economic downturn has “reached bottom and recovery has begun”, although recovery will be a “long, slow process”. Tinseth made the comments at a media conference where he presented Boeing’s Current Market Outlook, with a special focus on the Oceania
Aviation Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) service officers at Broome, Rockhampton and Mackay have recently been involved in assisting local brigades with fires in their respective regions. Airservices Australia says that at Rockhampton, ARFF crews were involved in fire containment and property protection measures around the Lakes Creek area, while they also assisted in filling
A new Christmas Island based airline has applied to the International Air Services Commission to allow it to start flights between Christmas Island and Singapore using a Boeing 737-300 wet leased from Our Airline. Australian Indian Ocean Territories Airlines (AIOTA) says in its application, dated October 22, that it is seeking unlimited capacity on the
Jetstar operated its first flights between Sydney and Melbourne/Tullamarine on October 26, noting that all flights for the day were “completely sold-out”. “While we expect Jetstar’s new Melbourne-Sydney services to be strongly supported by flyers seeking the lowest fares between Australia’s two largest capitals, Qantas will importantly continue to maintain its high frequency premium offering
