Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport just outside Toowoomba has welcomed its first regular public transport flight. Sunny skies welcomed QantasLink flight QF2016, which touched down at 0845 local time on Monday after a 106-minute trip from Sydney, according to the Qantas website. QantasLink will offer 11 flights a week between Sydney and Wellcamp, Australia’s first privately-funded
The federal government has purchased deployable air traffic management and control systems for the Royal Australian Air Force. Indra Australia has been awarded a contract valued at more than $50 million to supply two rapidly deployable systems and one larger system, Minister for Defence Senator David Johnston said on Monday. “This acquisition will assist the
Australia’s aviation safety regulator has proposed restricting the use of aircraft powered with Jabiru engines in response to an increasing number of engine failures. The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) says there have been 40 incidents where Jabiru engines have failed in the past 12 months, with some involving cylinder heads cracking or valves sticking.
Two Australian-developed innovations will be among 25 new technologies to be tested as part of Boeing’s latest ecoDemonstrator flight test program. Boeing 787-8 test aircraft ZA004 will begin its month-long ecoDemonstrator flight test campaign “any day now”, according to Julie Felgar, managing director of Boeing Commercial Airplanes environmental strategy. “The 787 is going to have 25 new technologies on it.
Avalon International Airshow chief executive Ian Honnery says the 2015 event will honour ANZAC veterans in what will be centenary year of the Gallipoli campaign. Honnery says the Airshow will honour the those who fought with spectacular flying displays and ground exhibits, as well as a series of battlefield re-enactments. “It will be the first
Virgin Australia has tapped international debt markets to raise US$300 million through the issue of unsecured notes due to be repaid in 2019. It was the first time Virgin had issued unsecured notes in international debt capital markets, the airline said on Friday. “The net proceeds of this issue will be used to provide Virgin
