David Eyre
2 September 2015 © David Eyre The 20th Australian National Balloon Championship was held at Northam Airfield, around 100km east of Perth, from 28 August – 6 September 2015....
Year: 2015
2 September 2015 © David Eyre Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPAs), also known as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) or ‘drones’ have recently seen a phenomenal growth in their use, not...
28 August 2015 © David Eyre Regional Express (REX) is considering whether to establish regional services in Western Australia, as the State Government last month issued a tender for...
25 August 2015 Copyright © David Eyre A consortium comprising of AMP Capital and Infrastructure Capital Group (ICG) is to lease Port Hedland International Airport for 50 years, in...
20 August 2015 Copyright © David Eyre Qantas has announced a confirmed order for eight Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft on the back of a financial transformation that saw a...
19 August 2015 © David Eyre Perth Airport is about to commence initial trials of the new $200 million Domestic Pier at Terminal 1, in preparation for operations by...
Keith Anderson
18 August 2015 copyright © Keith Anderson. The Outback Air Race is a GPS-based time trial through the remote Australian Outback, with up to 30 aircraft participating. The race...
31 July 2015 © David Eyre Qantas Group today announced that Network Aviation would now operate under the QantasLink brand, and revealed the first Fokker 100 to carry the...
15 August 2013 (UPDATED 27 July 2015) © David Eyre Second rescue helicopter ‘RESCUE 652’ to be based at Bunbury Airport On 10 June 2015, the Emergency Services Minister...
20 July 2015 copyright © David Eyre The Western Australian Department of Transport published its 2015 report Review of Regulated Regular Public Transport Air Routes in Western Australia. The...
Copyright © David Eyre – 1 July 2015 The RAAF is purchasing two ex-Qantas Airbus A330-200 aircraft, VH-EBH (MSN 892) and VH-EBI (MSN 898), from lessor CIT Aerospace by...
25 June 2015 © Keith Anderson. The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) docked in Fremantle Harbour at around 9:00 am this morning. The liberty visit is...
27 June 2015 © David Eyre Perth Airport today opened the recently lengthened Taxiway Charlie. Taxiway Charlie is located to the east of and parallel with runway 03/21. It...
26 June 2015 – Copyright © David Eyre Qantas resumed regularly scheduled Qantas international flights from Perth, with the departure today of flight QF71 to Singapore, operated by Boeing...
20 June 2015 – copyright © David Eyre The State Government has announced that Busselton Regional Airport is to have its terminal and runway upgraded under a $59.7 million...
