Australia’s domestic airlines entered the jet age 50 years ago today, October 16, when a pair of Boeing 727-100s landed at Melbourne’s Essendon Airport. The two aircraft – first Ansett-ANA’s VH-RME flown by Captain A Lovell and then TAA’s VH-TJA commanded by Captain D A Winch – had made the long journey from San Francisco via
The first of the Royal Australian Navy’s 24 MH-60R Seahawk ‘Romeo’ combat helicopters arrived at HMAS Albatross, Nowra, earlier this week. The first Romeo and a non-flying MH-60R ‘Bromeo’ maintenance training aid airframe, which will be used to train aircrew and maintainers, were transported aboard a Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster from NAS Jacksonville, Florida, where they had been operated
The humble cotton mop has been identified as the likely culprit behind the flooding of the business class cabin on a Qantas Airbus A380 in July, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) says. Qantas flight QF94 headed for Melbourne was forced to turn back to Los Angeles after about 700 litres of water spilled out of
Regional Express (Rex) has emerged as a big winner from the Queensland government’s latest tender of regulated regional air routes. Rex has won three new regulated air service contracts, meaning it will operate five regulated routes from January 1 2015, Queensland Transport and Main Roads minister Scott Emerson said on Wednesday. The airline won the
Alliance Aviation Services managing director Scott McMillan has called on the government to get on with acting on the 37 recommendations of the recently published review into Australia’s aviation sector. McMillan told shareholders at Alliance’s annual general meeting the Aviation Safety Regulation Review (ASRR) had identified a wide range of recommendations that would benefit the
Garuda Indonesia has confirmed an order 50 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft. The Indonesian flag carrier said it would purchase 46 737 MAX 8s and convert an existing order for four 737-800s to 737 MAX 8s. The airline already operates 77 737 aircraft, Boeing said in a statement on October 12. Its MAX order was
