David Eyre
6 January 2021 © David Eyre Delayed delivery of Boeing 787s and A321neos; Airbus A380 fleet stored for three years In May 2020, Qantas announced it would delay delivery...
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Qantas delays A320neo and A321neo deliveries 23 February 2017 © David Eyre Qantas Group has decided to delay delivery of the first of 54 A320neo and 45 A321neo aircraft...
Qantas to cut 5,000 jobs; retiring and deferring aircraft; ceasing international services from Perth
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Qantas to cut 5,000 jobs; retiring and deferring aircraft; ceasing international services from Perth
28 February 2014 – Copyright David Eyre Qantas CEO Alan Joyce yesterday announced a record loss of $235 million for the first half of the 2013/14 financial year. On...
22 February 2014 Copyright David Eyre In 2013, Bond Helicopters Australia won a multi-million dollar, five-year contract with the PTTEP Australasia Group of Companies, part of Thailand’s national petroleum...
Virgin Australia took delivery of its 100th Boeing 737 aircraft with the arrival in Brisbane on 26 July 2013 of VH-YFR “Scamander Beach”, with the aircraft wearing a ‘100th...
Airbus has delivered its 8,000th aircraft, a sharklet-equipped Airbus A320 for Indonesia AirAsia, registered PK-AZF (MSN 5706, ex F-WWDC). The aircraft departed Toulouse, France on 3 August 2013, and...
Airbus has celebrated the delivery of the 1,000th A330, to Cathay Pacific. The aircraft, registered B-LBB, is an A330-343X (MSN 1436), powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines. It was...
19 June 2013 © David Eyre Skippers Aviation today received their first jet aircraft, Fokker 100 PH-LXG (later registered VH-XKN), following its delivery flight from Europe. This is the...
© David Eyre – UPDATED 29 July 2012: As reported on AviationWA on 25 November 2011, Perth-based aviation company AVWest was expected to take delivery of its new Viking...
24 December 2011 (UPDATED: 19 February 2012): Network Aviation took delivery of VH-NHG on 24 December 2011, the first of a batch of ten used Fokker 100 aircraft to...
29 January 2012 (updated 3 February 2012): Skywest Airlines has issued a media release on 26 January 2012, announcing the imminent delivery of two more ATR72-500 aircraft (their fifth...
Network Aviation takes delivery of second of ten ex-Avianca Fokker 100s, PH-ZFV (later VH-NHQ)
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20 January 2012 © David Eyre Network Aviation took delivery of the second of ten Fokker 100 aircraft which were recently purchased from the Colombian airline Avianca. The aircraft...
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...
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...
Perth, 10 November 2011 Following on from our earlier news articles in April and August 2011, QantasLink (Sunstate Airlines) Perth division has taken delivery of the first of its ...
