David Eyre
24 August 2011: VH-TJT was withdrawn from Qantas service on 17 Aug 2011 and departed overseas on 24 August 2011. The aircraft was around 17 and half years old....
David Eyre
President, Aviation Association of WA Inc
16 Aug 2011: Qantas made an early announcement on its highly controversial “New Spirit” restructuring – the airline had previously advised that the announcement would be made on 24...
2 August 2011: (UPDATED 15 August 2011) Etihad Airways CEO James Hogan said during a press conference on 15 August 2011 that the airline would like to launch services...
12 August 2011 – UPDATED 2 September 2011: Strategic Airlines has been renamed as Air Australia, is restructuring from being a full-service carrier to a low-cost carrier, and will...
Perth, 11 August 2011 Following on from our earlier news article at the beginning of April 2011, QantasLink has finally announced the launch of its Dash 8-Q400 services. The...
11 August 2011 (UPDATED 25 AUGUST 2011): Skywest Airlines finally took delivery at Brisbane on 18 August 2011 of its first ATR 72-500, VH-FVH, which is also the first...
10 August 2011: UPDATED 2 September 2011 Tiger Airways Australia restarted operations on Friday 12 August 2011 on the Melbourne-Sydney route, with other capital cities added later, following a...
9 August 2011: China Southern Airlines has REVISED the start date and schedule for its new Beijing – Guangzhou – Perth services, which will be operated by Airbus A330-300s...
9 August 2011: Malaysia Airlines has revised their Winter schedule, which takes effect from 26 September 2011. This will see a change from all services being operated by Boeing...
28 July 2011: From 17 October 2011, Virgin Australia will start services with the Skywest ATR72s on the following routes: Brisbane to Gladstone – two services daily from 17...
Air New Zealand postpones retirement of Boeing 767-300ER & 747-400 due to Boeing 787 delivery delays
Air New Zealand postpones retirement of Boeing 767-300ER & 747-400 due to Boeing 787 delivery delays
22 July 2011: Air New Zealand’s Boeing 787-9s will now not enter service until late 2014, due to production and development delays at Boeing. The 787-9’s original delivery date...
15 July 2011 © David Eyre Jetstar’s CEO stated that the airline is in talks with Airbus regarding the A320neo (New Engine Option) but would not say when the...
15 July 2011 © David Eyre Jetstar announced that it will add five new Airbus A320 and two Airbus A330 aircraft to support expansion of its Singapore operations. By...
13 July 2011: Thai Airways International has announced that it plans to increase the number of aircraft to be decommissioned as new types enter service. The airline will now...
11 July 2011 © David Eyre: As reported on AviationWA on 3 April 2011, QantasLink is to open a Perth base with Bombardier Dash 8-Q400s. Further details are now...
