David Eyre
20 November 2014 Following significant losses and as a result of excess capacity, AirAsia X is making changes to its fleet and schedule Fleet changes AirAsia / AirAsia X...
WA Aviation News
5 November 2014 (UPDATED 20 November 2014 with delivery info) Qantas has painted its next new Boeing 737-800, VH-XZP (MSN 44577/5164) in a retro livery, used by the airline...
17 November 2014 Qantas and China Eastern have announced a new partnership arrangement, similar to the arrangements between Qantas and Emirates. Subject to regulatory approval, the five-year agreement should...
14 November 2014 Thai Airways International will resume Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner services on the Bangkok-Perth route from 17 January 2015, again replacing the Airbus A330-300 aircraft. Thai made the...
9 November 2014 Cathay Pacific has announced the release of its new branding, which uses a modified version of its current logo, which was released twenty years ago in...
24 October 2014 The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has awarded the new air search and rescue contract to Cobham SAR Services Pty Ltd, who will acquire a fleet...
24 October 2014 Airwork (NZ) recently purchased six additional former Qantas Boeing 737-476 aircraft, to add to one aircraft it previously acquired, ZK-JTQ (ex VH-TJQ). Airwork selected Aeronautical Engineers,...
The WA Chapter of the Australian Aerobatics Club is hosting the WA State Aerobatics Competition at Murrayfield (near Mandurah) on 18 and 19 October 2014. UPDATE: Aircraft will begin...
On the last Sunday in September each year, the Sport Aircraft Builders Club of WA Inc (SABC) hosts its Annual Fly-In at the SABC’s airfield at Serpentine Airfield, about...
Qantas Group will use Jetstar’s Airbus A320 aircraft to operate Fly-In, Fly-Out (FIFO) charter flights to Solomon and Cloudbreak iron ore mines, following a request from Fortescue Metals Group...
14 October 2014 – Copyright © David Eyre Garuda Indonesia has ordered 46 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft and converted an existing order for four Boeing 737-800s to 737...
2 October 2014 The first Airbus A350-900 for Qatar Airways, A7-ALA (MSN 006) was rolled out of the Airbus factory in Toulouse today, fully painted and with the Rolls-Royce...
29 September 2014 Etihad Airways unveiled its new livery on its first Airbus A380 and its first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner this week. Etihad’s media release states that “The new...
In an article in The Australian, Steve Creedy reports on Virgin Australia’s frustration with delays to Perth Airport’s construction of the new Virgin Australia pier at Terminal 1. The...
21 September 2014 – copyright David Eyre The Boeing 787-8 version of the Dreamliner visited Perth for the first time on Sunday 21 September 2014, with the arrival of...
