25 March 2015 QantasLink Bombardier DHC-8-402NG Dash 8Q-400 VH-LQJ operated the final service by the type in Western Australia (for the time being) on 24 March 2015. On the...
David Eyre
President, Aviation Association of WA Inc
23 March 2015 – © David Eyre With the introduction of the Airbus A380 to Emirates’ daily evening EK420/EK421 Dubai – Perth services from 1 May 2015, the airline...
9 March 2015 © David Eyre Perth Airport has warned the WA Planning Commission that if the State Government approves housing developments under runway flight paths, there will be...
8 February 2015 (UPDATED 9 March 2015) – Copyright © David Eyre China Southern services between Guangzhou and Perth (flight CZ319/CZ320) will see the current Airbus A330-200 aircraft replaced...
8 March 2015 From May 2015, Airservices Australia will commence a 12-month trial of new flight paths for aircraft using Perth Airport, to shift aircraft noise to less populated...
2 March 2015 Bristow Helicopters has signed a multi-year memorandum of understanding with AgustaWestland to assist in developing the AW609 tiltrotor for commercial operations, mainly for oil and gas...
21 February 2015 (UPDATED with new video clip 9 March 2015) Copyright © David Eyre The WA-based aerobatic team, Awesome Global Stars, performed at the 2015 Avalon Air Show,...
27 February 2015 A number of recent programs being introduced by Airservices Australia will improve air traffic control in Western Australia. OneSky At the 2015 Avalon Air Show, infrastructure...
21 February 2015 – Copyright © David Eyre Western Australia’s first State Aviation Strategy was released today by the Department of Transport. The draft version of the strategy was...
20 February 2015, Copyright © David Eyre Five Sikorsky S-70A-9 Blackhawk helicopters from the Australian Army’s 6th Aviation Regiment have been flown in from New South Wales for a...
5 February 2015 (UPDATED 11 February 2015) – copyright David Eyre Major bush fires burning at Northcliffe in the southwest of WA and at Boddington south of Perth, together...
5 February 2015 – Copyright David Eyre Scoot Airlines commenced Boeing 787 Dreamliner operations on 5 February 2015, with Singapore – Perth as the airline’s inaugural route with the...
7 September 2014 (UPDATED 5 February 2015) Scoot Airlines is to replace the current Boeing 777-200ER aircraft used on Singapore – Perth services from 5 February 2015 with a...
4 January 2014 (UPDATED: 6 January 2014) WA’s two police helicopters (VH-WAH / POLAIR 61 MBB-Kawasaki BK-117 and VH-WPX / POLAIR 62 Eurocopter AS365N3+ Dauphin 2), which were grounded...
26 December 2014 © David Eyre (UPDATED 28 December 2014) Official ‘final’ Qantas 767 visit to Perth The Boeing 767 seemed to defy attempts to retire it from the...