David Eyre
3 February 2023 A rare visitor to Perth today was EC-MQM Airbus A340-313X of Plus Ultra, named ‘Santa María Portugalete’, on a charter flight for the World Marathon Challenge...
Interesting movements
26 January 2023 A pair of US Air Force Boeing KC-135R Statotankers passed through Perth Airport on 26-27 January 2023 as part of an exercise to demonstrate their global...
From today (6 December 2022), Qatar Airways has replaced the previous daily Boeing 777-300ER aircraft used on Doha – Perth services with the Airbus A380. A7-APG operated the QR900...
An Airbus A330-200 aircraft has been wet-leased (aircraft plus crew) from Spanish airline Wamos Air since 15 November 2022, to enable Air New Zealand to build capacity while bringing...
Air Mauritius today (2 November 2022) resumed services from Mauritius, with Airbus A330-900neo 3B-NBU operating flight MK440 / MK441. The airline had operated twice per week between Perth and...
Emirates today (1 November 2022) switched back to the Airbus A380 on the EK420 / EK421 Dubai – Perth services, upgrading from the previous Boeing 777-300ER. Emirates A380-861 A6-EEO...
Health Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson and Emergency Services Minister Stephen Dawson today opened Royal Perth Hospital’s (RPH) new 788 square metre $10 million heliport. The new heliport will allow the...
The Sport Aircraft Builders Club held their Annual Fly-in at Serpentine Airfield on 17 October 2021. SEE OUR PHOTOS FROM THE EVENT
7 January 2021 (UPDATED 5 February 2021) © David Eyre (Photos © Stephan Widmer – with thanks) Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) Western Operations took delivery of its final...
David Eyre and Brenden Scott have compiled a list and photos of the fire fighting aircraft in Western Australia for the summer fire season (Oct 2020 – April 2021)....
31 August 2020 © David Eyre (UPDATED 3 January 2021) Qantas Group acquires National Jet Systems On 20 May 2020, Cobham Australia and Qantas Group announced that Qantas will...
25 July 2020 © David Eyre After almost 50 years of reliable Boeing 747 services, Qantas has retired their final ‘Queen of the Skies’, Boeing 747-438ER VH-OEJ ‘Wunala’. Qantas...
3 February 2020 David Eyre Qantas Boeing 747-438ER, VH-OEE, today operated a repatriation flight to evacuate Australian citizens from the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the Coronavirus (later named...
15 January 2020 © David Eyre China Eastern Airlines today commenced three times weekly services between Shanghai Pudong and Perth, for a five-week trial period from 15 January to...
17 December 2019 © David Eyre Coulson Aviation Boeing 737-300 Fireliner N138CG / BOMBER 138 visited Western Australia for a few days, to assist with fighting a series of...
