David Eyre
13 February 2019 © David Eyre Airbus has announced it will stop building the A380 after the type’s largest customer, Emirates, cut its A380 order by 39 aircraft. Airbus...
Airline Services
1 February 2019 © David Eyre Qantas announced today that it had acquired a 19.9% stake in Allicance Airlines for $60 million and it hopes to acquire a majority...
26 December 2018 © David Eyre All Nippon Airways (ANA) of Japan will commence Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner services direct between Tokyo-Narita and Perth from 1 September 2019. ANA is...
19 November 2018 © David Eyre Horizontal Falls Seaplane Adventures / Swan River Seaplanes operates throughout Western Australia, but is currently unable to obtain regulatory permission to operate from...
23 October 2018 © David Eyre Virgin Atlantic’s Sir Richard Branson has stated in an interview with Your Money that Virgin Atlantic wants to start flights between London Heathrow...
Air New Zealand leases additional Boeing 777s due to Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner engine issues
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17 October 2018 © David Eyre Due to ongoing issues with the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines that power some of its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, Air New Zealand has had...
1 October 2018 © David Eyre Etihad Airways operated its last scheduled service between Abu Dhabi and Perth today. The final service was operated by Airbus A330-243 A6-EYN, which...
1 September 2018 © David Eyre Tourism WA and Perth Airport, which have committed $30 million to attract new international airlines to Perth, to increase tourism and promote Perth...
29 August 2018 © David Eyre Virgin Australia has converted orders for 10 of the 40 Boeing 737 MAX 8s it has on order to the larger 737 MAX...
30 July 2018 © David Eyre The Aviation Association of Western Australia Inc (AAWA) and Perth Airport arranged an airside visit for nearly 30 AAWA members (less than half...
Qantas Boeing 747 temporarily returns to Perth services (AAWA airside visit): 30 July 2018
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30 July 2018 © David Eyre Perth Airport witnessed the return of Qantas’ iconic Boeing 747 today, with the arrival of Boeing 747-438ER VH-OEF ‘Sydney’. Qantas is using Boeing...
22 May 2018 © David Eyre SilkAir celebrated the first of four charter flights from Singapore to Broome, Western Australia, on 22 May 2018, when flight MI892, operated by...
7 May 2018 © David Eyre For the second time in less than a week, Perth Airport celebrated another first, the first Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner to visit Australia, 9V-SCA,...
Spectators gathered at Perth Airport on 1 May 2018, to witness the dusk arrival of the first Qatar Airways Airbus A380 service to Perth. SEE OUR PHOTOS AND ARTICLE
10 April 2018 © David Eyre Etihad Airways will cease flying the daily Abu Dhabi – Perth services later this year, with the last flight departing Abu Dhabi on...
