David Eyre
15 June 2011: Volcanic ash emitted by Puyehue volcano in southern Chile on Saturday 4 June 2011 began to enter Perth airspace from about 1pm today (15 June 2011)....
David Eyre
President, Aviation Association of WA Inc
12 June 2011: It has been reported that Qantas has sold two aircraft: VH-OJK Boeing 747-438 is being sold to Mac Air (Nigeria) VH-TJM Boeing 737-476 is being sold...
This is the first of up to 18 ATR72s to be acquired by Skywest on lease from Avation for operation on behalf of Virgin Australia in the Eastern States...
Since 30 May 2011, Qantas Boeing 747-400s have been operating scheduled domestic services between Sydney and Perth. Schedule is to operate six days per week (not on Saturdays): QF581...
26 May 2011: Virgin Australia’s A330 services commenced on 26 May 2011, with VH-XFB operating the first service. The first service, flight DJ553 from Sydney, touched down on runway...
19 May 2011 © David Eyre VH-XFB Airbus A330-243 (cn 372) of Virgin Australia, named “Cable Beach”, visited Perth Airport for the first time on a route proving flight...
12 May 2011 © David Eyre Skywest takes option on second A320 and letter of intent to buy another Fokker 100 In a 12 May 2011 stock exchange announcement,...
7 May 2011 © David Eyre Negotiations are continuing to finalise a marketing plan, flight schedules and a start date for a new services. Aircraft type has not yet...
4 May 2011 © David Eyre Virgin Blue intensified plans for reviewing its image from around mid 2010. This rebranding was to include new uniforms, aircraft interiors, aircraft, and...
26 May – 5 June 2011: One return daily service from Sydney: Arriving in Perth at 11:15 / Departs Perth at 13:00. 6 June – 3 July 2011: Two...
JetPhotos.Net © Stephen Brown 3 April 2011 © David Eyre It has been reported that QantasLink is to open a Perth base with two to three Bombardier Dash 8-Q400s....
29 March 2011 © David Eyre Heliwest has won a contract (previously operated by Bristow Helicopters) to provide crew transfers for Roc Oil’s Cliff Head project off the WA...
29 March 2011: CHC Helicopters has won the lucrative Woodside Energy offshore helicopter services contract, serving the North-West Shelf oil and gas platforms. CHC will use four 19-seat Eurocopter...
29 March 2011 © David Eyre As a result of the impact of recent natural disasters combined with significantly increased fuel costs, Qantas announced on 29 March 2011 that...
There was an attempt to re-use the glass cab on top of the old tower, but it was unsuccessful. Demolition of the old fire station started on Thursday 24...
