David Eyre
16 January 2012 © David Eyre: During April 2012, Virgin Australia’s third Airbus A330-243 VH-XFC (cn 1293) will be delivered – the first of four brand new A330s in...
WA Aviation News
8 January 2012: AAWA confirmed with RAAF officials in October 2011 that there will be an air show at RAAF Base Pearce on 19 and 20 May 2012. We...
5 January 2012 – © David Eyre As reported on AviationWA back in November 2010, Sriwijaya Air (Indonesia) has again stated its intention to commence international services to Perth....
16 December 2011: The Perth Airport Viewing Area is now officially open to the public, and it is FREE! In recognition of the contribution made by the Aviation...
23 October 2011 (UPDATED 15 December 2011) – Surf Life Saving WA has taken delivery of a $2 million Agusta Westland A119 Koala rescue and beach patrol helicopter, registered...
7 December 2011 © David Eyre: Avation Leasing has ordered five more ATR72s, which will be leased to Skywest and operated on behalf of Virgin Australia in the Virgin...
7 December 2011 © David Eyre: Pacific Blue and V Australia were officially placed under the single Virgin Australia banner today, and Polynesian Blue changed its name to Virgin...
2 December 2011: Skywest today took delivery of their 4th ATR72-500, VH-FVM “Woolamai Beach” (cn 979). The aircraft arrived on Perth Airport’s runway 03 at 16:19 using callsign “Southern...
30 November 2011 – Network Aviation has broken up their spares ship Fokker 100, VH-NHF. The aircraft was originally ordered by US Air, and first flew in their colours...
25 November 2011: Perth-based aviation company AVWest is about to take delivery of its new Viking Air DHC-6 Twin Otter 400, VH-ZZH (construction number 851, test reg C-FUVA). The...
24 November 2011: South African Airways’ fleet of Airbus A340-200 aircraft are being disposed of, as the airline takes delivery of new A330-200s. The A340-200s are leased from GMT...
16 November 2011 (UPDATED 18 November 2011): On 3 July 2012, Qatar Airways will commence services from Doha (Qatar) to Perth using Airbus A330-200s, initially three times per week....
15 November 2011: A report in The Australian newspaper states that 27% of passengers passing through Perth’s major airline domestic terminals are Fly-In, Fly-Out (FIFO) workers travelling to mining...
13 November 2011: Emirates has ordered 50 additional Boeing 777-300ERs plus 20 options at the Dubai Air Show, worth $18 billion (or $26 billion including options), with delivery commencing...
ABOVE: Airbus A340 variants which have operated (and in most cases still operate) regular scheduled services to and from Perth: Air Mauritius A340-300X Cathay Pacific A340-300X Emirates A340-300 &...
