Early delivery for additional Foxtrot Chinooks The Australian Army has secured early delivery of its three additional new Boeing CH-47F Chinooks. The first new machine will arrive “in about a month,” Commander 16 Aviation Brigade, Brigadier Michael Prictor, told Australian Aviation on May 11. “There was a window of opportunity on the production line to

Aviation arrivals and departures across the region Qantas Group news A380-842 VH-OQA, which had been under maintenance with Lufthansa Technik in Manila since February 16, ferried out on April 12 as QF6010 to Sydney (arriving April 13). It returned to service the same day when it operated QF1 to Dubai and London. A380-842 VH-OQB ferried

Premium economy surges as the “comfort canyon” widens As Virgin Australia introduces its refitted Boeing 777-300ER premium economy section (six months late, but with three inches more legroom at 41in), Qantas prepares to finalise the layout of its forthcoming Boeing 787-9 order and Delta announces its plans to launch premium economy when it takes its

Four days aboard the French nuclear aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle One of the most intriguing aspects of being a defence journalist is when you receive a telephone call out of the blue inquiring whether you can be at the airport within the next few days, with your overnight bag packed, and not too many