The view from the office of a Virgin 737 From its formation as a low-cost carrier 18 years ago, right up to this day, Virgin Australia has relied on the skill and expertise of thousands of pilots to safely deliver millions of passengers across Australia, and the world. Originally comprising of a small, close-knit team
Key aircraft movements from across the region Qantas Group News QANTAS commenced direct flights from Perth to London on March 23 with 787-9 VH-ZND operating the inaugural daily QF9 from Melbourne to Perth and London/Heathrow. VH-ZND had earlier operated its first international service for Qantas on March 16 as QF95 from Melbourne to Los Angeles.
Singapore Airlines takes its first Boeing 787-10 Singapore Airlines’ (SIA) Boeing 787-10 9V-SCA’s arrival at Changi Airport after its epic ferry flight from Charleston, via Osaka Kansai, was indeed a cause for celebration. Not only did it mark the first delivery of a 787-10 to an airline customer anywhere in the world, it also made
Where will the next commercial pilots come from? It was before first light as I drove into the country airport. At the terminal was a Chieftain gleaming in the lights of the terminal building. I watched as the landing lights came alive and then the engines fired up. Wow! The pilot of the craft had
Why do we still need to showcase women in aviation? I was even more excited than usual about this edition of Australian Aviation as it focuses on Women in Aviation. You may well ask; is that because I am a women? Fair question, answer… I suppose so. If a person, falls under the category of
In Aerospace it is a given that we must be innovative. In just a century we have gone from the Bristol Boxkite which could do little more than rise a few hundred metres from the ground and slowly turn, to the introduction of the F35 Joint Strike Fighter, which may as well be from another