https://australianaviation.com.au Australia's Leading News Source in Aviation Fri, 15 Mar 2024 06:03:08 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6.1 https://australianaviation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cropped-AAV0003_AustraliaAviation_Logo_Reversed-1-1.jpg https://australianaviation.com.au 32 32 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/singapore-a350-blunder-puts-pitot-probe-covers-back-in-spotlight/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/singapore-a350-blunder-puts-pitot-probe-covers-back-in-spotlight/#respond Fri, 15 Mar 2024 06:01:48 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1381556 The ATSB has issued another warning about removing pitot probe covers after a Singapore Airlines A350-900 almost pushed back with the covers still fitted.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/singapore-a350-blunder-puts-pitot-probe-covers-back-in-spotlight/feed/ 0 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/ex-alliance-boss-joins-board-of-nexus-and-aviair-parent-company/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/ex-alliance-boss-joins-board-of-nexus-and-aviair-parent-company/#respond Thu, 14 Mar 2024 05:38:08 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1381469 Lee Schofield, formerly CEO of FIFO operator Alliance Airlines and currently COO of aeromedical organisation LifeFlight, has also served as vice-chairman of the Regional Aviation Association of Australia. He took up the position of independent director and chair at HMC Group this month.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/ex-alliance-boss-joins-board-of-nexus-and-aviair-parent-company/feed/ 0 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/compensation-looms-for-sacked-qantas-workers/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/compensation-looms-for-sacked-qantas-workers/#respond Thu, 14 Mar 2024 04:50:45 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1381457 The Federal Court will begin its compensation hearings from early next week, seven months after Qantas failed to overturn the court’s original finding that it illegally fired 1,700 ground staff in 2020.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/compensation-looms-for-sacked-qantas-workers/feed/ 0 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/jetstar-plans-major-northern-territory-expansion/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/jetstar-plans-major-northern-territory-expansion/#respond Wed, 13 Mar 2024 04:30:31 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1381347 The low-cost airline is set to increase frequencies and use larger aircraft on domestic and Bali routes in the NT, adding around 54,000 seats per year, or a 12 per cent increase over existing services.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/jetstar-plans-major-northern-territory-expansion/feed/ 0 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/court-win-but-no-costs-for-virgin-jetstar-or-qantas/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/court-win-but-no-costs-for-virgin-jetstar-or-qantas/#respond Wed, 13 Mar 2024 03:52:10 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1381342 Despite successfully persuading the Federal Court to strike out the statement of claim last June, Justice Stephen Burley said he was not prepared to grant the three airlines the costs of their defence.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/court-win-but-no-costs-for-virgin-jetstar-or-qantas/feed/ 0 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/bonza-flies-more-rockhampton-passengers-than-citys-population/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/bonza-flies-more-rockhampton-passengers-than-citys-population/#respond Wed, 13 Mar 2024 03:03:29 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1381243 The airline says it has flown more than 100,000 people to and from Rockhampton since its first flight to the city, which at the 2021 census had just under 80,000 residents, on 13 March last year. Bonza flies from Rockhampton to Townsville, Cairns, the Gold Coast, Melbourne, and the Sunshine Coast.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/bonza-flies-more-rockhampton-passengers-than-citys-population/feed/ 0 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/airasia-malaysia-lands-in-perth/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/airasia-malaysia-lands-in-perth/#respond Wed, 13 Mar 2024 00:23:09 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1381238 The low-cost carrier is flying A320neos and A321neos from the Malaysian capital alongside AirAsia X’s A330 flights, doubling the group’s Kuala Lumpur–Perth services from seven to 14 per week. The first AK604 service from KL touched down in Perth just after 7:34pm on Monday aboard the A321neo 9M-VAA.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/airasia-malaysia-lands-in-perth/feed/ 0 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/air-new-zealand-pauses-auckland-chicago-due-to-787-engine-issues/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/air-new-zealand-pauses-auckland-chicago-due-to-787-engine-issues/#respond Tue, 12 Mar 2024 00:32:19 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1381159 The 787-9 service will be put on hold from 31 March to 25 October due to what Air New Zealand describes as “ongoing challenges with the availability of serviceable Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines” that power its Dreamliner fleet.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/air-new-zealand-pauses-auckland-chicago-due-to-787-engine-issues/feed/ 0 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/50-injured-after-latam-787-9-drops-300-feet-en-route-to-auckland/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/50-injured-after-latam-787-9-drops-300-feet-en-route-to-auckland/#respond Mon, 11 Mar 2024 23:54:39 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1381125 The plane, CC-BGG, was operating flight LA800 from Sydney to Santiago via Auckland on Monday when it experienced a sudden drop over the Tasman Sea around two hours after take-off, causing unrestrained passengers and crew to be violently thrown around the cabin.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/50-injured-after-latam-787-9-drops-300-feet-en-route-to-auckland/feed/ 0 https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/government-gives-1-3m-funding-to-projects-for-women-in-aviation/ https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/government-gives-1-3m-funding-to-projects-for-women-in-aviation/#respond Mon, 11 Mar 2024 04:59:52 +0000 https://australianaviation.com.au/?p=1381109 The funding was announced during International Women’s Day and Women of Aviation Week celebrations this month as part of the government’s Women in the Aviation Industry Initiative, with a further $2.9 million still available under the initiative until June 2026.]]> https://australianaviation.com.au/2024/03/government-gives-1-3m-funding-to-projects-for-women-in-aviation/feed/ 0