Brisbane Queensland and the greater part of the state will be hit hard by a categorize four cyclone which will hit Brisbane city and YBBN airport hard sometime tomorrow, with gusts of 260kmph. Qantas Virigin Jetstar have cancelled flight from it’s regional airports as of today. This includes Hamilton Island, Rockhampton Mackay and this could…
Frontier Airlines will soon have non-stop service between Denver and Raleigh-Durham International Airport, the airline announced Wednesday. Flights to Raleigh-Durham, which is in North Carolina’s tech- and science-rich Research Triangle start June 1. Link
The Airbus A400M new generation airlifter has further proved its credentials as a tanker by successfully demonstrating simultaneous air-to-air refuelling of two F/A-18 fighters. In the course of four flights, the A400M performed 74 contacts and dispensed 27.2 tonnes of fuel to the Spanish Air Force aircraft. Refuelling was conducted at altitudes of 20,000ft –…
Thai Airways International has been gradually updating its Winter schedule for 2014/15, with the marking of the end of Airbus A340 service in the airline. The planned last A340 operation is as follow: 27th March: Sydney to Bangkok – TG476 (currently operating on B747) 27th March: Hong Kong to Bangkok – TG607 (currently operating on…
From the 1st July, the Thai A380 will begin service to London Heathrow’s airport from hub airport Bangkok. The aircraft is configured in 3 classes, 12 Royal First Class, 60 Royal Silk (Business), 435 economy. The service will be on TG910 and TG911. The other service of the day TG916 and TG917 will continue to…
Vietnam Airlines will take delivery of the first of 19 Boeing 787-9s in May, and the first of 14 Airbus A350-900s in June. The SkyTeam carrier ordered the Boeing 787-8 in 2007 and converted the order to the larger model 787-9 in October 2010. It also ordered the A350s in 2007. Link
Arkia Israeli Airlines has signed a MOU with Airbus for up to four A330-900neo aircraft, the manufacturer announced Wednesday. Link
SEATTLE, Feb. 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Korean Air today finalized an order for five 777 Freighters. The order, valued at more than $1.5 billion at current list prices, will add further efficiency and reliability to Korean Air’s all-Boeing freighter fleet. Link
Whatever else Boeing may be discussing with potential customers at this year’s International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading (Istat) meeting regarding options for replacing the 757, we now at least know it will not be talking about bringing the original aircraft back to life with new engines. Link
