The images of the US Airways Airbus A320 floating in the Hudson River (above) beamed across the globe showed that the seemingly impossible had been achieved. An airliner had ditched, it was intact, and its precious human cargo stood huddled on the wing. Amidst a flotilla of ferries, the Airbus bobbed gently in the freezing

The global carrier comes to Sydney Following its groundbreaking merger with Northwest Airlines last year, Delta Air Lines will become a truly global carrier with the start of its daily services to Sydney from July 1. As Brian Swain, Delta’s managing director, Asia explains, the Sydney services are a logical expansion for the airline, particularly

The challenge of untangling WA’s “embarrassment” In November last year former Qantas CEO Geoff Dixon declared that the privatization of Australia’s airports would be judged in the fullness of time as a failure. In Perth, some argue, you don’t have to wait for the fullness of time for that failure appears to be there for

RNZAF 757s return to service after freighter mods The Royal New Zealand Air Force has returned to service its two Boeing 757 transports after an extensive upgrade program. The NZ$221m (A$175m) acquisition and modification project began when the RNZAF accepted two former Transavia Airlines 757-2K2s to replace its two ageing 727-100 transports in March and