13 February 2019 © David Eyre Airbus has announced it will stop building the A380 after the type’s largest customer, Emirates, cut its A380 order by 39 aircraft. Airbus...
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1 February 2019 © David Eyre Qantas announced today that it had acquired a 19.9% stake in Allicance Airlines for $60 million and it hopes to acquire a majority...
26 December 2018 © David Eyre All Nippon Airways (ANA) of Japan will commence Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner services direct between Tokyo-Narita and Perth from 1 September 2019. ANA is...
19 November 2018 © David Eyre Horizontal Falls Seaplane Adventures / Swan River Seaplanes operates throughout Western Australia, but is currently unable to obtain regulatory permission to operate from...
23 October 2018 © David Eyre Virgin Atlantic’s Sir Richard Branson has stated in an interview with Your Money that Virgin Atlantic wants to start flights between London Heathrow...
17 October 2018 © David Eyre Due to ongoing issues with the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines that power some of its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, Air New Zealand has had...
1 October 2018 © David Eyre Etihad Airways operated its last scheduled service between Abu Dhabi and Perth today. The final service was operated by Airbus A330-243 A6-EYN, which...
1 September 2018 © David Eyre Tourism WA and Perth Airport, which have committed $30 million to attract new international airlines to Perth, to increase tourism and promote Perth...
29 August 2018 © David Eyre Virgin Australia has converted orders for 10 of the 40 Boeing 737 MAX 8s it has on order to the larger 737 MAX...
30 July 2018 © David Eyre The Aviation Association of Western Australia Inc (AAWA) and Perth Airport arranged an airside visit for nearly 30 AAWA members (less than half...
30 July 2018 © David Eyre Perth Airport witnessed the return of Qantas’ iconic Boeing 747 today, with the arrival of Boeing 747-438ER VH-OEF ‘Sydney’. Qantas is using Boeing...
22 May 2018 © David Eyre SilkAir celebrated the first of four charter flights from Singapore to Broome, Western Australia, on 22 May 2018, when flight MI892, operated by...
7 May 2018 © David Eyre For the second time in less than a week, Perth Airport celebrated another first, the first Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner to visit Australia, 9V-SCA,...
Spectators gathered at Perth Airport on 1 May 2018, to witness the dusk arrival of the first Qatar Airways Airbus A380 service to Perth. SEE OUR PHOTOS AND ARTICLE
10 April 2018 © David Eyre Etihad Airways will cease flying the daily Abu Dhabi – Perth services later this year, with the last flight departing Abu Dhabi on...