Australia Pacific

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]

Fiji Airways has announced that it has placed an order for two Airbus A350-900 wide-body jets, leased from the Dubai-based lessor DAE Capital. The Fiji-based airline will deployed its A350 aircraft on … [read more]

Qantas Freight will lease two Boeing 747-8F airplanes from Atlas Air. The new cargo jets are expected to enter service for Qantas in July 2019. The new freighters will replace Qantas’ current … [read more]

There has been much reaction throughout the industry and with the flying public after the fatal crash of Ethiopian flight ET302 on Sunday 10th March. The incident was the second fatal crash … [read more]

Air Canada has announced that it will start several new non-stop international services in the coming months from its hubs in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. Some of the newly presented flights will … [read more]

Australia’s flag-carrier Qantas has acquired a 19.9 per cent shareholding in charter operator Alliance Airlines for a total cost of $60 million. Further, Qantas said in a statement that it eventually plans … [read more]