31 August 2020 © David Eyre (UPDATED 3 January 2021) Qantas Group acquires National Jet Systems On 20 May 2020, Cobham Australia and Qantas Group announced that Qantas will...
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25 July 2020 © David Eyre After almost 50 years of reliable Boeing 747 services, Qantas has retired their final ‘Queen of the Skies’, Boeing 747-438ER VH-OEJ ‘Wunala’. Qantas...
6 February 2020 © David Eyre Singapore Airlines today announced it would increase capacity on the Singapore / Perth route by adding a fifth daily service, starting from 1...
15 January 2020 © David Eyre China Eastern Airlines today commenced three times weekly services between Shanghai Pudong and Perth, for a five-week trial period from 15 January to...
8 December 2019 © David Eyre Qatar Airways temporary use of the Boeing 777-300ER on Doha – Perth services has finished, with the Airbus A380 returned to the route...
1 December 2019 © David Eyre Emirates will re-introduce its second daily Perth to Dubai service from 1 December 2019 through to 20 January 2020, using a 365-seat Boeing...
8 November 2019 © David Eyre Citilink, the low-cost subsidiary of Garuda Indonesia, today operated their first service to Perth, flying in from Denpasar. This was also the first...
28 October 2019 © David Eyre (photo © Dylan Thomas) Perth Airport and Cathay Pacific tonight celebrated the first visit to Perth by the Airbus A350-1000, operated by B-LXA...
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19 August 2019 © David Eyre Qantas Freight has announced that it is to acquire three Airbus A321P2F (Passenger to Freighter) converted aircraft from October 2020. Qantas will be...
24 July 2019 © David Eyre The first Airbus A330neo to visit Australia was made today by 3B-NBV Airbus A330-941 (MSN 1890) of Air Mauritius, named ‘Chagos Archipelago’. See...
16 June 2019 © David Eyre Perth Airport and Qantas are locked in a bitter legal dispute over airport charges, and Qantas claims the dispute is delaying its proposed...
3 June 2019 © David Eyre On 3 June 2019, when Singapore Airlines flight SQ213 arrived at Perth, the airline began a new era of regular Airbus A350 services...
30 April 2019 © David Eyre Virgin Australia is deferring delivery of its first Boeing 737 Max aircraft to July 2021, with the first delivery to be a 737...
24 March 2019 © David Eyre Qantas today celebrated the first anniversary since the commencement of direct Perth – London Heathrow services and CEO Alan Joyce says the service...