3 October 2013 © David Eyre The Royal Flying Doctor Service, which is celebrating its 85th anniversary, is planning to seek more corporate sponsorship in order to put the...
2 October 2013 © David Eyre The 2013 Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In was unfortunately affected by showers during the morning and rain in the afternoon, so...
25 September 2013 © David Eyre WA Transport Minister Troy Buswell yesterday announced the release of the draft State Aviation Strategy, the first developed for Western Australia. WA covers...
25 Sep 2013 © David Eyre Emirates has commenced the withdrawal of its Airbus A340-500 fleet, a type which previously operated Emirates services to Perth. Although the fleet is...
Perth Airport Redevelopment Newsletter – September 2013 Timelapse video of Terminal 1 Arrivals extension being built:
10 September 2013 © David Eyre BAE Systems today announced that it has teamed with CAE and Beechcraft to bid for the Department of Defence’s AIR 5428 project, which...
10 September 2013 © David Eyre The Department of Fire and Emergency Services has withdrawn its application to the Shire of Mundaring for a proposal to build a helipad at 900...
2 September 2013 © David Eyre Philippine Airlines today operated their final Perth service. The PR219/PR220 service which used Airbus A320 aircraft, operated from Manila via Darwin and return,...
1 September 2013 © David Eyre From September 2013 to March 2014, the westerly two-thirds of runway 06/24 are being reconstructed and resurfaced, as part of a scheduled maintenance...
In an article in The West Australian, Geoffrey Thomas reported that according to airline sources, Scoot Airlines (Singapore) and Tigerair Mandala (Indonesia) have applied for flight slots into Perth from 1...
26 August 2013 © David Eyre HNZ Australia loses DFES firefighting contract HNZ Australia’s firefighting contract for the use of Eurocopter AS350B3 Squirrels has not been renewed by the...
14 August 2013 © David Eyre Qantas today announced that it will operate a new seasonal Auckland-Perth twice-weekly A330 service from 6 December 2013 to 1 February 2014. The...
Updated 14 Aug 2013 © David Eyre AirAsia X From 24 November 2013, the Kuala Lumpur / Perth A330 service increases to twice daily (increasing services increases from 7 to...
Philippine Airlines is to cease operating their four-weekly Manila – Darwin – Perth service from 3 September 2013. The PR219/PR220 service which was only launched in June 2013, uses...
From Thursday 22 August 2013, Airservices Australia will commence a 12-month trial of a modified flight path for runway 03 arrivals approaching from the north, in an effort to...