23 February 2016 © David Eyre Qantas Group reported a first-half underlying profit before tax of $921 million today and provided an update on aircraft fleet plans. Jetstar A320neo:...
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26 January 2016 © David Eyre AviationWA was invited to fly in vintage aircraft formations for the Australia Day City of Perth Air Show 2016, held over the Swan...
16 February 2016 © David Eyre Local pilot Adrian Deeth hopes to gain approval to operate a former Egyptian Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21U, registered N423LZ, on aerobatic and supersonic...
11 February 2016 copyright © David Eyre Virgin Australia today announced the withdrawal and sale of five Embraer E190s, by September 2016. The current 18-aircraft E190 fleet will be...
11 February © David Eyre A fly-in is being held on Saturday 19 March 2016 at Wyalkatchem Aerodrome, 192 kilometres east-north-east of Perth. Twenty aircraft are currently registered to...
4 February 2016 © David Eyre Western Australia Police Commissioner Karl O’Callaghan told The West Australian newspaper that the Police are considering a more manoeuvrable helicopter to replace their...
23 January 2016 © David Eyre The annual City of Perth Australia Day Air Show 2016 was held over the Swan River in Perth on Tuesday 26 January 2016....
21 January 2016 © David Eyre Malaysia Airlines is to bring forward their last regular scheduled Boeing 777-200ER flights to 26/27 January 2016 (instead of 27 March 2016) as...
14 January 2016 – copyright © David Eyre Emirates today announced that it will start a second daily Airbus A380 service from Dubai to Perth on 1st August 2016,...
14 January 2016 – copyright © David Eyre Singapore Airlines and Cathay Pacific Airways have both separately announced their intention to use the new Airbus A350-900 on Australian services....
17 December 2015 copyright © David Eyre Etihad Airways today confirmed that it will upgrade its daily Perth-Abu Dhabi flights to the Boeing 787-9 from 1 June 2016, replacing...
3 December 2015 [UPDATED 10 DEC 2015] © David Eyre Japan Airlines (JAL) and ANA are considering flights between Tokyo and Perth. JAL Chairman Masaru Onishi stated this in...
22 November 2015 – copyright © David Eyre Virgin Australia and Perth Airport today celebrated the start of operations at the new Terminal 1 Domestic, located between T1 International...
19 November 2015 © David Eyre Malindo Air operated their first service to Perth (also their first service to Australia) today. Boeing 737-800 9M-LNW operated the inaugural flight, arriving...
16 November 2015 © David Eyre To mark Qantas’ 95th anniversary, Boeing 737-800 VH-VXQ has been painted in another retro livery, as worn by Qantas Boeing 707s from 1959...