Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) director of aviation safety Mark Skidmore has been named a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS). RAeS Australian Division president John Vincent presented Skidmore with his Fellow certificate at the recently concluded 2015 Safeskies conference in Canberra. Vincent said the Fellow was the highest grade of membership at the
Finnair will be the world’s third operator of the Airbus A350 from early October when it takes delivery of its first A350-900. The oneworld alliance member is due to receive the first of 19 A350s on order on October 7 from Airbus headquarters in Toulouse, joining Qatar Airways and Vietnam Airlines as operators of the
After a delay of eight months, Boeing’s KC-46A tanker-transport has made its first flight, taking off from Paine Field, Everett on September 25 on a four hour test flight before landing at Boeing Field, Seattle. “This first tanker flight is a key milestone for the program and we’ll now begin free air stability tests and
A McDonnell Douglas DC-10 Very Large Air Tanker (VLAT) has touched down in Brisbane on its way to joining the NSW Rural Fire Service’s firefighting air fleet. The DC-10, which will be under contract from 10 Tanker Air Carrier in Albuquerque, New Mexico in the United States, is expected to be based at RAAF Base
Air New Zealand has boosted the strength of its Auckland hub with a new flagship international lounge designed to cater for the expected growth in tourists and international transfer passengers as the airline expands its network with new routes and additional capacity. The 2,000 square metre lounge is 40 per cent larger than Air NZ’s existing
Tigerair Australia’s plans to begin overseas flights in 2016 have taken a step forward after the International Air Services Commission (IASC) approved the transfer of capacity from parent Virgin Australia for its services to Bali. The low-cost carrier is scheduled to fly to Bali from Perth, Adelaide and Melbourne from March 2016, taking over routes currently flown
