Gerard Frawley

Cathay Pacific has posted its first back-to-back full year loss since the airline was established in 1946 as intense competition hit the bottom line, including on its Australian routes where demand was weak. The airline reported a net loss of HK$1.259 billion (A$04 million) for the 12 months to December 31 2017, a deterioration from

Thousands of Boeing employees have gathered at the company’s Renton facility in Washington State to celebrate the delivery of the 10,000th 737 to Southwest Airlines and a new world record. The milestone aircraft is a 737 MAX 8, N8717M. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7QnTXokjY[/embedyt] The festivities on Tuesday (US time) included fresh recognition for the evergreen narrowbody from

Emergency Management Victoria (EMV) says there has been good progress on its night-time aerial firebombing trial. In an Australian first, the state government body has been leading a study of night time firefighting, which kicked off in late 2017 with some reconnaissance flights and aerial mapping. The ability to fight fires from the air at

Boeing’s evergreen 737 program has reached a significant milestone with the 10,000th aircraft recently rolling off the production line. The milestone was also celebrated by Spirit AeroSystems, whose Kansas plant has built the 737 fuselage since 1966. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest

Embraer says it expects to deliver 85-95 commercial aircraft in 2018 as its E190-E2 regional jet enters airline service and the development of the E195-E2 and E175-E2 progresses. The outlook for the current year was announced on Thursday (Brazil time), when Embraer released its financial results for 2017. It represents a decline from the 101

Hawaiian Airlines has dropped plans to operate the Airbus A330-800neo and will instead take delivery of up to 20 Boeing 787-9s. The airline said on Tuesday (US time) it had signed a non-binding letter of intent (LOI) for 10 787-9s, as well as purchase rights for a further 10 aircraft. The aircraft will be powered