23 April 2013 © David Eyre The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission today announced that it would permit Virgin Australia’s 60% takeover of Tiger Airways Australia. The regulator stated...
19 April 2013 © David Eyre Air New Zealand will commence twice weekly direct flights between Christchurch, New Zealand and Perth, Western Australia, from 3 December 2013 to 26 April...
11 April 2013 © David Eyre Virgin Australia officially completed the takeover of Skywest today, with the airline becoming Virgin Australia Regional Airlines. Virgin Australia also announced that Ms...
The Aviation Association of WA is pleased to announce that we have completed the process of moving and upgrading our website. ** Special thanks to AAWA member Scott Palmer...
5 April 2013 © David Eyre Skippers Aviation Fokker 100 VH-XKN (cn 11420, ex PH-LXG), one of three known to be going to the airline, has been painted in...
3 April 2013 © David Eyre China Southern commenced services to Perth on 9 November 2011 on the Beijing – Guangzhou – Perth route, which was operated by Airbus...
2 April 2013 © David Eyre As reported on AviationWA on 4 February 2013, Jetstar Asia (Singapore) is providing additional morning services between Singapore and Perth from April 2013,...
31 March 2013 © David Eyre Qantas new partnership arrangement with Emirates commenced today – Sunday 31 March 2013 (Easter Sunday). To celebrate the new partnership today, Qantas A380...
27 March 2013 © David Eyre The Singapore High Court has given its approval for the takeover of Skywest Airlines by Virgin Australia. This was the last remaining regulatory...
27 March 2013 © David Eyre The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) gave final approval on 27 March 2013 for Qantas and Emirates to proceed with their proposed...
27 March 2013 AirAsia X is increasing flight frequency between Kuala Lumpur and Perth. The current D7 232/ D7 233 service currently operates on Tue, Wed, Fri and Sun,...
18 March 2013 © David Eyre In an article by Steve Creedy in The Australian, Qantas CEO Domestic, Lyell Strambi says that the airline believes that there is enough...
9 March 2013 © David Eyre Bristow Group has placed major helicopter orders at the 2013 Heli-Expo in Las Vegas, USA. The orders include 26 Sikorsky S-76D, 12 Eurocopter...
2 March 2013 © David Eyre Perth Airport’s new $120 million Terminal 2 (formerly known as “Terminal WA”) commenced operations today, with the departure at 7:23am of Fokker 100...
2 March 2013 © David Eyre Philippine Airlines has confirmed that it will commence services from Manila via Darwin to Perth from 1 June 2013, four times per week...