Could an electric car outrace an aircraft? That was what Qantas and Tesla sought to find out as the Flying Kangaroo pitted one of its Boeing 737-800s, VH-XZI, against the electric car maker’s Model S P90D electric car at Avalon Airport over the weekend. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become
A Lockheed Super Constellation headed for the Qantas Founders Museum at Longreach has been successfully moved from its previous location at Manila Airport and is in storage awaiting transportation to Australia. The Qantas Founders Museum purchased the Super Constellation, which had been grounded for 25 years, at an auction of old aircraft organised by the
Completion of Cathay Pacific’s first Airbus A350-900 is into the home straight, with the aircraft’s first flight test on Easter Friday (European time). Airbus said the aircraft, MSN 0029, which currently wears the test registration F-WZFX and is expected to take B-LRA once handed over to Cathay, made it maiden flight on March 25. This content is
Tigerair Australia is the nation’s newest international airline after its first flights to Bali took off from Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth on Wednesday. The inaugural international service, which had flight number TT1 and was operated by Boeing 737-800 VH-VOR, departed Melbourne Tullamarine a little after 0930 local time, landing at Bali’s Ngurah Rai International Airport
Regional carrier Airnorth has commenced regular public transport (RPT) service from Brisbane West Wellcamp to Melbourne Tullamarine. Flight TL130 departed Wellcamp just after 0715 on Monday morning, touching down at Melbourne about two hours later, according to flight tracking website FlightAware. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To
Indian carrier IndiGo has become the second airline in the world and first in Asia to receive the Airbus A320neo. The low-cost carrier took delivery of the first of 430 A320neos it has on order during a handover ceremony at Airbus’s headquarters in Toulouse, France, on Friday. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation