Reading Time: 2 minutes GKN Aerospace’s Fokker Technologies business unit announces that a total of 23 Fokker aircraft were placed with 6 existing Fokker operators and 3 new operators during the first half of 2016 by their respective aircraft owners. These comprise 8 Fokker 50s and 15 Fokker 100s. This compares with 50 placements in 2015. “Low operating costs, […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes Undoubtedly, Airbus and Boeing are considered to be not only the most powerful units in the large jet airliner market but arch rivals, too. Each of their achievements and loses receives extremely precise look and judgment. By this time more than a half year has already passed and the Farnborough Air Show has come to […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute The RAAF’s major multinational large-force employment exercise, Pitch Black, is under way. Up to 115 aircraft and 2,500 personnel from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Indonesia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand and the US are participating in the three-week long Exercise Pitch Black 2016, which officially began on July 29 and continues through to August 19. […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Qatar Airways said Sunday that it had signed an international agreement with Malaysian-based carrier Malindo Air. The agreement covers Malindo Air’s 40 cities in 12 Asian countries and over 100 Qatar Airways destinations. Qatar Airways flies three times a day to the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur. Malindo Air launched in 2013 as a joint venture […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Flight departures and arrivals at Hong Kong International Airport will be suspended from 10pm on Monday (Aug 1) till 2pm on Tuesday (Aug 2), Cathay Pacific Airways and Dragonair said in a joint press statement. A check on the Hong Kong International Airport website showed that a large majority of flights from other airlines departing […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Manila-based Cebu Pacific has placed a firm order with Airbus for two A330-300s. The aircraft will join an existing fleet of six A330s flying with the airline on long range flights to destinations in the Middle East and Australia, as well on selected domestic and regional routes. “The A330 has proven to be the right […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute An Emirates flight from Australia has been delayed by two days after the airline suffered its second “technical fault” this week. Emirates flight EK435 was scheduled to depart Brisbane on Thursday, but instead will now take-off 43 hours later on Saturday at 4pm, according to the airline’s website. Emirates told Gulf News on Thursday the flight […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Virgin Australia will post an annual loss of $224.7 million due to the impairments and charges it expects to record from its plans to position the airline for future profitability. Australia’s second biggest carrier reports its full year results on August 5, but in a fourth quarter trading update has warned of the impact of […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Training company Aviation Australia and air navigation services provider Airways New Zealand have formed a joint-venture to train new air traffic controllers. The pair will open a new facility at Aviation Australia’s Brisbane training campus featuring total control radar and aerodrome simulators that will cater for international students, with Airways New Zealand to run ab-initio air […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Malaysia Airlines has announced an order for 25 Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplanes. The deal is valued at $2.75 billion dollars at current list prices. The order also includes purchase rights for additional 737 MAX 8 and 737 MAX 9 airplanes. “This deal is a game-changer for Malaysia Airlines with much lower costs and greater […]