More than 200 Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) personnel have arrived at Andersen Air Force Base on Guam for Exercise Cope North Guam 2015 along with eight F/A-18A/B classic Hornets, a KC-30A tanker transport and a C-130J Hercules airlifter. Participating forces from the US, Japan and Australia will focus on air combat training and undertake a
Charter services from Cathay Pacific and China Southern are expected to bring about 1,800 visitors to the Gold Coast over the Chinese New Year period, the city’s airport says. China Southern’s charter flight from Shenzhen arrived on February 15, while Cathay is operating five charter services from its Hong Kong hub between February 16-28. China
Pratt & Whitney Canada engines that will power Gulfstream’s newest business jets have received type certification from Transport Canada. The company said its PurePower PW814GA and PW815GA engines that will be used on the Gulfstream G500 and G600, respectively, came after more than 3,300 hours of evaluation, including about 350 flight hours of testing on its
Global logistics provider DHL Supply Chain is well placed to serve new and existing airline customers when the second Sydney airport becomes operational given its growing base in western Sydney, a senior executive says. The company opened a new $120 million, 90,000 square metre “supply chain campus” at Horsley Park in western Sydney on February
Australia’s domestic market posted zero growth in passenger numbers in calendar 2014, as a sluggish economy, weak consumer confidence and a resources industry in transition dampened demand for air travel. Figures from the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) showed there were 57.52 million domestic travellers in calendar 2014, broadly in line with
Qantas’s historic Boeing 747-400 VH-OJA will fly into its new home with the Historical Aviation Restoration Society (HARS) at Illawarra Regional Airport on Sunday March 8. The aircraft, which flew non-stop on its delivery flight from London to Sydney in 1989 and was Qantas’s first 747-400, is being retired after some 25 years’ service and has been donated
