Sydney-based composite components manufacturer Quickstep has been awarded a US$11.2 million purchase order from Lockheed Martin for 19 wing flap sets for the C-130J Hercules. The latest purchase order takes to 55 the number of wing flap sets Quickstep has been contracted to supply to Lockheed Martin. “We are very pleased to receive this new
Air New Zealand has become the first airline in the world to take delivery of the Boeing 787-9 with the airline’s first of 10 on order touching down at Auckland Airport on Friday afternoon. 787-9 ZK-NZE (line number 169), operating as flight NZ6789, took off from Paine Field, Everett shortly before 8am Thursday morning local
The largest customer for Airbus’s A380, Emirates Airline has taken delivery of its 50th example of the type at a ceremony in Hamburg. For the delivery flight, the aircraft was loaded with 40 tonnes of humanitarian supplies which will be warehoused in the UAE. “Emirates has seen tremendous organic growth in the past four years,
In the lead-up to the biennial Farnborough Airshow which starts on July 14, Boeing has released its updated 20-year current market outlook for the commercial airliner market. The company predicts 36,770 new commercial aircraft of 90 seats or larger will be required in the 20 years to 2034 valued at US$5.2 trillion at list prices,
After being awarded the Victorian Government air ambulance contract earlier this year, Australian Helicopters has signed a contract for six new AgustaWestland AW139 helicopters to fulfil the contract. The aircraft will be based at Essendon, Bendigo, Latrobe Valley and Warrnambool airports from January 2016 and will include a dedicated backup machine, and will replace the
Etihad has announced plans to operate daily non-stop flights between Brisbane and Abu Dhabi from June next year using Boeing 787-9s. The non-stop flights, which will begin on June 1, will replace the airline’s existing daily one-stop flights to Abu Dhabi which operate via Singapore with Airbus A330-200s. “The introduction of the first ever daily
