David Eyre
26 December 2014 © David Eyre (UPDATED 28 December 2014) Official ‘final’ Qantas 767 visit to Perth The Boeing 767 seemed to defy attempts to retire it from the...
Year: 2014
19 December 2014 © David Eyre AAWA has again compiled a list of fire fighting and support aircraft in Western Australia for the 2014 /2015 Summer bush fire season...
16 December 2014 Emirates has today formally announced the planned introduction of the Airbus A380 on services between Dubai and Perth, with the aircraft replacing Boeing 777-300ER aircraft on...
15 December 2014 Advanced Cockpit Flight Training (ACFT) ceased flight training operations on 24 November 2014 and administrators were appointed effective from 15 December 2014. The following notice was...
3 December 2014 – Copyright © David Eyre Seaplane trial on Swan River Catalina Airlines Mack McCormack, an ex-SAS trooper and WA Entrepreneur of the Year, believes that his...
28 November 2014 – David Eyre Virgin Australia Regional Airlines will cut the number of flights between Perth and Albany, Busselton, Esperance and Ravensthorpe from 5 December 2014. The...
25 November 2014 QantasLink is to withdraw the Bombardier Dash 8-Q400 from Western Australia from 29 March 2015. The company announced the changes as a result of changes to...
South African Airways Airbus A340-212 ZS-SLF is to be scrapped at Tarbes–Lourdes–Pyrénées Airport in the south of France. ZS-SLF was a regular visitor to Perth on the dail SA280/SA281...
20 November 2014 Following significant losses and as a result of excess capacity, AirAsia X is making changes to its fleet and schedule Fleet changes AirAsia / AirAsia X...
5 November 2014 (UPDATED 20 November 2014 with delivery info) Qantas has painted its next new Boeing 737-800, VH-XZP (MSN 44577/5164) in a retro livery, used by the airline...
17 November 2014 Qantas and China Eastern have announced a new partnership arrangement, similar to the arrangements between Qantas and Emirates. Subject to regulatory approval, the five-year agreement should...
14 November 2014 Thai Airways International will resume Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner services on the Bangkok-Perth route from 17 January 2015, again replacing the Airbus A330-300 aircraft. Thai made the...
9 November 2014 Cathay Pacific has announced the release of its new branding, which uses a modified version of its current logo, which was released twenty years ago in...
24 October 2014 The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has awarded the new air search and rescue contract to Cobham SAR Services Pty Ltd, who will acquire a fleet...
24 October 2014 Airwork (NZ) recently purchased six additional former Qantas Boeing 737-476 aircraft, to add to one aircraft it previously acquired, ZK-JTQ (ex VH-TJQ). Airwork selected Aeronautical Engineers,...
