The Perth-based charter and FIFO operator, which increased its Dash 8 fleet from four to six aircraft in the past 18 months, carried 94,496 passengers across 3,525 flights in the past year and is planning to add further capacity to its operations.
The investment, part of the second tranche of AIR6500, will be made over six years through Defence’s existing strategic partnership with Lockheed Martin Australia, providing more than 360 highly skilled jobs in both the Hunter Region and South Australi…
On this week’s Australian Aviation Podcast, Skytraders pilots Dan Colborne and Louise Robertson share their tales of flying to Antarctica – the highs, the lows, and the challenges of operating in the isolated southernmost reaches of the planet.
Australia’s geography offers opportunities to deploy data centres in locations that combine favorable climate, cooler ambient temperatures for efficient cooling.
The successful run of tests has the aircraft reportedly continuing on a path towards a new phase later this year, where NASA will evaluate the sonic thumps the X-59 is designed to make when flying faster than the speed of sound.
Commencing on 17 March, the service will operate overnight using 737 MAX 8 aircraft, adding more than 53,000 annual seats between Sydney and Nadi. It comes as operational testing ramps up with passenger trials ahead of the airport’s opening in a month’…
