David Eyre
Airbus has delivered its 8,000th aircraft, a sharklet-equipped Airbus A320 for Indonesia AirAsia, registered PK-AZF (MSN 5706, ex F-WWDC). The aircraft departed Toulouse, France on 3 August 2013, and...
Year: 2013
Malaysia Airlines has announced that it will increase its current once weekly Kota Kinabalu service to twice weekly from 30 October 2013. The service uses Boeing 737-800 aircraft. The...
Greg Meechan has reported that following the takeover of Skywest Airlines by Virgin Australia and its renaming as Virgin Australia Regional Airlines, on Wednesday 31 July 2013, the last...
1 August 2013 © David Eyre As reported in AviationWA on 19 January 2013, Channel Ten News JetRanger helicopter VH-ZMN crashed at Baskerville as it was filming a truck...
Defence Minister Stephen Smith has announced the sale of five former RAAF Lockheed C-130H Hercules aircraft to Indonesia at a discounted price, including a simulator and spare parts. It...
Airbus has celebrated the delivery of the 1,000th A330, to Cathay Pacific. The aircraft, registered B-LBB, is an A330-343X (MSN 1436), powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines. It was...
19 July 2013 Aviation journalist Geoffrey Thomas reported in The West Australian that Perth Airport is bringing forward discussions with airlines regarding an upgraded Instrument Landing System (ILS), and...
19 June 2013 © David Eyre Skippers Aviation today received their first jet aircraft, Fokker 100 PH-LXG (later registered VH-XKN), following its delivery flight from Europe. This is the...
17 June 2013 © David Eyre Jetstar Airways has today announced a new 4-times weekly service between Perth and the Indonesian island of Lombok, which is located to the...
12 June 2013 22 Pilatus PC-9/A aircraft of the RAAF 2FTS were flown in ‘Thunderbird’ formation over Perth and surrounding areas today to celebrate the graduation of pilots on...
Emirates’ president Tim Clark recently confirmed that the airline plans to start Airbus A380 services to Perth , replacing one of the Boeing 777-300ER and 777-200LR services currently on...
Air New Zealand has announced a new livery for its fleet. The new livery uses the New Zealand ‘fernmark’ logo, and will be used from late-2013 as part of...
The Royal Flying Doctor Service is seeking more financial support from large corporations in response to significantly increased demand for its services in the northern parts of Western Australia....
Airservices Australia is to re-introduce an Aerodrome Flight Information Service (AFIS) and Aviation Rescue Fire Fighting service (ARFF) at Port Hedland Airport, following increasing air traffic movements at the...
In an article in The West Australian, Geoffrey Thomas reports that John Borghetti, the Chief Executive of Virgin Australia, is pushing Perth Airport to build a third runway. Borghetti...
