Embraer Executive Jets has begun a big push to boost its presence in Australia with the recent launching of an Australian sales office, the visit to Sydney and Melbourne of a Phenom 300 cabin mockup, and a national tour by a Legacy 600 demonstrator. “The main reason why we opened the office in Sydney earlier
Defence Minister Senator John Faulkner announced on September 7 that the RAAF is leasing IAI/Malat Heron UAV operating hours to provide “high resolution” Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities for Australian and allied forces in Afghanistan. The Heron Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) capability, believed to involve two aircraft, came about through Project Nankeen which
Radical transformation could be on the way for Australia’s busiest air route after Qantas CEO Alan Joyce announced on August 19 that Jetstar will start flying between Sydney and Melbourne from October 25. The new flights, which will operate five times daily with 177 seat A320s, appear to be aimed at reducing the penetration of
The aircraft, which will eventually be delivered to Cargolux, is due to fly by the end of the year and will be refurbished at the end of the flight test campaign. (Boeing) Commercial Comac Unveils C919 Mockup the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) Used the Asian Aerospace Exhibition in Hong Kong to Unveil a
Amid the myriad of detail and interesting items to come out of Qantas’s annual profit results (announced on August 19) was one standout fact – for the first time, low cost subsidiary Jetstar made a larger profit than Qantas’s mainline operations did. In fact, in a year when IATA predicts world airlines will lose US$9