22 December 2017 © David Eyre Regional Express (Rex) will take over Perth-Carnarvon-Monkey Mia (Shark Bay/Denham) services for five years, from 1 July 2018, replacing local operator Skippers Aviation....
Year: 2017
16 December 2017 © David Eyre Air New Zealand has had to lease an Airbus A330-200 aircraft from Portuguese charter airline HiFly to operate Perth services, due to urgent...
15 December 2017 © David Eyre Qatar Airways today announced that from 1 May 2018, it will upgrade its Doha – Perth services to the Airbus A380, replacing the...
15 December 2017 © David Eyre Qantas will double its Perth – Singapore services, by adding a second daily Boeing 737-800 service from 8 April 2018. The revised schedule...
12 December 2017 © David Eyre Malaysia Airlines is increasing service frequency between Kuala Lumpur and Perth from 25 March 2018. In addition to the current night time MH127/126...
6 December 2017 © David Eyre AirAsia X is decreasing Perth – Kuala Lumpur services from two daily A330-300 flights to one daily, effective from 2 February 2018. This...
Perth pilot Archie Dudgeon, his wife Mo and their beautiful red Waco YMF-5C hope for the adventure of a lifetime in South America. Archie’s Waco has previously featured on...
3 November 2017 © David Eyre The Aviation Association of Western Australia Inc (AAWA) and Perth Airport arranged an airside visit for 35 AAWA members (around half of AAWA’s...
2 November 2017 copyright © David Eyre Perth was the destination of the first revenue passenger service by Qantas’ new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft, with the visit of VH-ZNA...
29 October 2017 © David Eyre Cathay Pacific introduced the first regular Airbus A350 services from Perth today, replacing the previous Airbus A330-300 from 29 October 2017 on the...
29 October 2017 © David Eyre China Southern today introduced newer Airbus A330-300 aircraft on services between Guangzhou and Perth (departing Guangzhou on 28 October 2017), with services increasing...
20 October 2017 © David Eyre The Malaysian Government will resume the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, after agreeing to a “no find, no fee” arrangement...
4 August 2017 © David Eyre (Photo © Stephan Widmer) Another two Pilatus PC-21 turboprop training aircraft for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) today commenced their delivery flight...
30 June 2017 © David Eyre (Photo © Stephan Widmer) Another two Pilatus PC-21 turboprop training aircraft for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) today commenced their delivery flight...
22 June 2017 © David Eyre Batik Air Indonesia commenced twice daily Bali-Perth services today, with the arrival of the first Airbus A320 service from Denpasar into Perth in...