Australia Pacific

Qantas Freight has received its first of two Boeing 747-8F cargo aircraft. The type is due to replace the airline’s current Boeing 747-400F planes. Both 747-8F were ordered in April this year … [read more]

New Caledonia’s carrier Aircalin has taken delivery of its first Airbus A330-900neo jet. The carrier becomes the first airline in the Oceania region to operate the aircraft type. Aircalin currently operates an Airbus … [read more]

Thai AirAsia X has started its newest service from Bangkok to Brisbane, with the first arrival touching down at 11:46 am local time on Wednesday. This marks the first AirAsia service to … [read more]

Australian flag-carrier Qantas has announced plans to start two new services between Australia and the United States, after the Department of Transportation (DOT) tentatively approved the joint venture agreement between American Airlines and … [read more]

Qantas Airways has placed an order for the new Airbus A321XLR during the week of Paris Air Show 2019. In a statement early on day three of the airshow, Airbus announced that … [read more]

Qantas has announced that it will switch from Boeing 747-400 aircraft to 787 Dreamliner jets and Airbus A380s on all of its routes between Australia and the US mainland. Starting on December … [read more]

In a long-awaited deal, Air New Zealand has announced that it has selected the Boeing 787-10 to replace its ageing fleet of Boeing 777-200ER aircraft. The deal, which covers eight firm orders … [read more]

Virgin Australia has chosen to postpone deliveries of the Boeing 737 MAX. The airline has also converted 15 aircraft of its order for the type to the larger MAX 10 variant. Boeing … [read more]