David Eyre
15 March 2012: AirAsia X has announced that it is increasing Kuala Lumpur – Perth services, with additional flights on Thursdays and Sundays. The current service operates daily, and...
WA Aviation News
24 November 2011 (Updated 14 March 2012): As we reported in November 2011, South African Airways’ fleet of Airbus A340-200 aircraft are being disposed of, as the airline takes...
24 December 2011 (UPDATED: 19 February 2012): Network Aviation took delivery of VH-NHG on 24 December 2011, the first of a batch of ten used Fokker 100 aircraft to...
17 February 2012 (UPDATED 22 Feb 2012) © David Eyre Air Australia, previously called Strategic Airlines, went into voluntary administration in the early hours of Friday 17 February 2012...
17 February 2012: An article in The West Australia by Kent Acott on 16 February 2012 reported that WA businessman and former SAS mountaineering instructor Mr Mack McCormack had...
17 February 2012 © David Eyre Alliance Airlines has placed into service a leased Boeing 737-476, registration ZK-JTQ (cn 24442/2372). The aircraft is on a six-month wet-lease from New...
16 February 2012 Qantas has announced a number of cost cutting changes, due to a significant decrease in profit in the first half of the 2011/2012 financial year. This...
15 February 2012: As previously reported on AviationWA in August 2011, Malaysia Airlines has today (15 February 2012) switched to using the Airbus A330-323X aircraft on all Kuala Lumpur...
29 January 2012 (updated 3 February 2012): Skywest Airlines has issued a media release on 26 January 2012, announcing the imminent delivery of two more ATR72-500 aircraft (their fifth...
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26 January 2012 © David Eyre: Emirates is increasing capacity on services between Dubai and Perth by using Boeing 777-300ER aircraft on all evening EK420/EK421 services from 25 March...
UPDATED 26 January 2012 © David Eyre: From 3 July 2012, Qatar Airways will commence services between Doha (Qatar) and Perth, using Boeing 777-200LR aircraft, initially three times per...
Summer in Western Australia often results in high temperatures, sometimes combined with strong winds, and after many days of little or no rain, the vegetation can become dry and...
20 January 2012 © David Eyre Network Aviation took delivery of the second of ten Fokker 100 aircraft which were recently purchased from the Colombian airline Avianca. The aircraft...
16 January 2012 © David Eyre: Garuda Indonesia has recently stated its intention to restart direct Perth – Jakarta services, but no schedule has yet been announced. Currently the...
