12 December 2012 © David Eyre Qantas has commenced the retirement of the six former British Airways Boeing 767-336ER aircraft, powered by Rolls-Royce RB211 engines (VH-ZXA thru VH-ZXG). On...
Year: 2012
12 December 2012 © David Eyre Tourism Western Australia announced yesterday that it will not bid to host the Australian round of the revamped Red Bull Air Race World...
4 December 2012 © David Eyre & Brenden Scott SPOTTER: American Champion 8GCBC Scout (Department of Environment and Conservation-DEC) The Department of Environment and Conservation uses a fleet of...
15 November 2012 © David Eyre Emirates has announced its intention to use Airbus A380s to Perth as soon as an A380-compatible air bridge is completed, which is expected...
15 November 2012 © David Eyre Following the grounding of 16 Eurocopter EC225s in its fleet, Bristow Group has ordered 10 additional Sikorsky S-92s and placed 16 options. Sikorsky...
15 Nov 2012 © David Eyre From 1 December 2012, Singapore Airlines is replacing Boeing 777-200ER aircraft with Airbus A330-300 aircraft on the SQ213 / SQ226 service between Perth...
31 October 2012 © David Eyre Air Mauritius is introducing a third weekly Mauritius – Perth service, using Airbus A330-200 aircraft. The airline is also changing the flight numbers...
30 October 2012 © David Eyre Singapore Airlines purchases 10% of Virgin Australia for $105 million Virgin Australia makes takeover offer for Skywest Airlines for $98.7 million Virgin Australia...
19 October 2012 © David Eyre On 2 October 2012, Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare announced the preferred recipients of six Bell UH-1 Iroquois (also know as “Huey”) helicopters reserved for...
17 October 2012 In an article by Andrew Tillett and Geoffrey Thomas for The West Australian newspaper, it was reported that one person has made 21,411 complaints (40% of...
11 October 2012 © David Eyre Malaysia Airlines has announced that it will recommence services between Kota Kinabalu and Perth from 8 December 2012. The service will operate once...
11 October 2012 © David Eyre In response to recent pressure to ease congestion at Perth Airport, CEO Brad Geatches announced yesterday (10 October 2012) that the airport...
2 October 2012 Qantas today announced that it would take over Australian air Express, by acquiring the remaining 50% of the business from Australia Post. The joint venture between...
20 September 2012 (UPDATED: 27 October 2012) © David Eyre Jandakot Airport has installed parking meters in public car parking areas, which will commence operation in December 2012. The...