Former Vice Chief of Defence Force, AIRMSHL Mark Binskin, has been promoted to Air Chief Marshal and sworn in as the nation’s new Chief of Defence Force in a ceremony in Canberra on June 30. ACM Binskin is a former RAAF Mirage and Hornet pilot after transferring from the RAN following the decommissioning of the
Fiji Airways has announced an increase in capacity to its key Australian and New Zealand markets effective immediately. The new services have been made possible by the arrival of the airline’s new ATR 72s which has freed up Boeing 737 capacity. The airline has added two additional flights to Melbourne and two overnight services to Auckland,
The first Boeing 787-9 has been handed over to launch customer, Air New Zealand in Seattle. The aircraft, painted in a striking gloss black and silver fern scheme was handed over to the airline on June 30, and will remain in the Seattle area for crew training and familiarisation flights before a formal handover ceremony
A consortium of companies led by Matt Hall Racing has settled its acquisition of the former Belmont Airport site on Lake Macquarie near Newcastle. The consortium is led by former RAAF pilot Matt Hall’s Red Bull Air Race, aerobatic and corporate flight business, and also includes Airborne, Newcastle Helicopters, and Skydive the Beach. Contracts for
Etihad Airways and Air New Zealand have signed an agreement to provide reciprocal line maintenance services in Melbourne and Los Angeles. The agreement will see Etihad Airways perform all scheduled and non-scheduled line maintenance on Air New Zealand aircraft in Melbourne at its engineering facility there, while Air New Zealand has already commenced full line
Labor transport spokesman Anthony Albanese has proposed an amendment to the Qantas Sale Act which would remove restrictions on individual entities owning more than 25 per cent and foreign-owned airlines owning more than 35 per cent of the airline. Speaking in Canberra on June 29, Albanese said the move would give the airline more flexibility
