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Virgin Australia to relinquish NZ air operator’s certificate

The Pacific Blue name and colour scheme has already disappeared, and soon its New Zealand registered aircraft will be re-registered in Australia. (Rob Finlayson)

Virgin Australia plans to relinquish its New Zealand air operator’s certificate (AOC) and transfer its New Zealand-based fleet of 10 Boeing 737-800s onto the Australian register as part of plans to streamline the airline’s operations.

The 10 ZK-registered narrowbodies currently under Virgin’s NZ AOC will be progressively brought onto the airline’s Australian AOC and given VH- registrations. The first of these, ZK-PBA, was re-registered VH-VOO on January 30, according to a search of the CASA civil aircraft register database.

Once Virgin’s NZ AOC has been relinquished, Virgin will have three remaining Australian AOCs.

A search on the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) website showed Virgin’s three Australian AOCs were for Virgin Australia Airlines, Virgin Australia International Airlines and another for Virgin Australia Regional Airlines.

The 10 aircraft will also soon be reconfigured from their current 180-seat, premium economy/economy layout to the standard eight-seat business and 168-seat economy cabins on the Virgin’s Australia-based 737-800 fleet.

Virgin chief executive John Borghetti flagged the integration of the airline’s New Zealand operations “into the rest of our international business” in a bid to streamline operations at its 2013/14 full year results presentation in August 2014.

The initiative was part of Virgin’s efforts to take out $1 billion of costs over the five years to June 2017.

“Cost will be a major focus over the next three years,” Borghetti said at the time.

It is understood there will be no change to Virgin’s New Zealand-based cabin crew and pilot numbers.

However, functions such as flight planning will be transferred to Virgin’s Brisbane operations centre. Those New Zealand-based staff affected by the change were expected to be offered alternate roles and/or job placement services.

It is also anticipated there will be no changes to both Virgin Australia’s trans-Tasman services and flights from NZ to a number of Pacific Island destinations as a result of the relinquishing of the NZ AOC.

Under an open skies agreement, civil aviation regulators of Australia and NZ recognise AOCs issued by either country. This mutual recognition was first mooted in 2000 and came into effect in 2007.

For example, Jetstar operates domestic NZ flights under its Australian AOC that is recognised by the Civil Aviation Authority of NZ.

In 2003, the then Virgin Blue set up its Pacific Blue subsidiary to operate trans-Tasman services, with the first flight on January 19 2004 between Brisbane and Christchurch.

The airline was then certified to start flying within New Zealand in 2007, with the first domestic flights on November 15.

Virgin withdrew from the NZ domestic market in 2010, the year it received approval from regulators for a joint-venture partnership with Air New Zealand across the Tasman.

Qantas confirms VH-OJA final flight for March 8

Qantas’s historic Boeing 747-400 VH-OJA will fly into its new home with the Historical Aviation Restoration Society (HARS) at Illawarra Regional Airport on Sunday March 8.

The aircraft, which flew non-stop on its delivery flight from London to Sydney in 1989 and was Qantas’s first 747-400, is being retired after some 25 years’ service and has been donated to HARS.

OJA was expected to land at Illawarra Regional Airport at Albion Park south of Wollongong at about 0750 local time. The airport’s 16/34 runway was about 1,800 metres long.

The exact timing and date of the delivery flight was subject to weather conditions on the day, Qantas said on Tuesday.

The airline advised that perimeter roads around Illawarra Regional Airport will be subject to closures on the day.

According to the minutes of an extraordinary meeting of the Shellharbour City Council held on Monday February 9, the aircraft would be open to the public between 10am and 3pm each day and at other times by appointment.

“At this stage HARS have advised that there is no commercial operation to occur relating to this aircraft,” the minutes said.

“This will be a condition of the licence agreement.”

The licence to park the aircraft was valid for five years.

HARS has received an “in-kind donation” from the Council to subsidise the cost of renting the site where VH-OJA will be stationed.

The cost of the rent after the subsidy is $4,773.60 per year plus GST, the minutes said.

There was also an annual fee of $650 plus GST for the lease of airspace given part of the left wing and tail will be 6.9 metres above Airports Road.

The proposed location of VH-OJA at Illawarra Regional Airport. (Shellharbour City Council minutes)

Cessna crash lands at Brisbane's Archerfield Airport

A light plane had a "heavy landing" at Archerfield Airport on Wednesday, February 18. Photo: Penny Dahl, Australian Traffic Network

A pilot walked away from a rough landing at Archerfield Airport that left a light plane on its side on Wednesday morning.

Archerfield Airport Corporation spokeswoman Kerry Reeves said the pilot of the plane, a Cessna 162, was not injured.

"The main runway of the airport is open to aircraft," she said.

"AAC has notified appropriate authorities and they will investigate the incident, which occurred before the control tower began operating at 7am.

"The aircraft left the runway and clipped a fence, and is extensively damaged."

It is understood a student pilot was at the plane's controls when it landed about 6am.

A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said paramedics were not called to attend the incident.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/business/aviation/cessna-crash-lands-at-brisbanes-archerfield-airport-20150218-13hwpg.html#ixzz3S5224tMs

Qatar Airways unbelievable rules for women

Qatar Airways has been slammed for its treatment of female flight attendants. Picture: Michael Probst-file / AP Source: AP

IT’S one of the world’s fastest growing airlines with a modern fleet, but Qatar airlines has been rocked by reports revealing its shockingly archaic set of rules for female flight attendants.

Gulf carriers Etihad and Emirates were also blasted by the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) for its “flagrant abuses of aviation workers” — but they named Qatar Airways as the worst.

The ITF exposed unbelievable rules in the contracts for female flight attendants at Qatar Airways including:

• Female flight attendants can only be hired if they are single

• They must remain single for five years after starting work

• If they want to get married they have to ask the airline’s permission

• Pregnancy is a breach of contract and can lead to firing

Jetstar industrial action pulled

A KEY Jetstar pilots’ union has withdrawn the threat of industrial action after reaching a new in-principle agreement

Virgin seeks new Velocity boss

VIRGIN Australia has started a global search for a new chief for its Velocity frequent flyer scheme after the resignation of incumbent Neil Thomson

Today's Aviation Features

February 16, 2015

TODAY'S FEATURES

FAA Finally Proposes ‘Flexible’ Rule On Small UAS

Graham Warwick

Aviation Daily

Anyone wanting to fly a small unmanned aircraft commercially in U.S. airspace will have to obtain an special operator certificate and pass a test on the “rules of the air”, but the aircraft themselves will not require airworthiness approval, according to a proposed rule finally released Feb. 15 by the FAA.

FULL ARTICLE

The Tale Of The Unclaimed T-X Aggressor

Amy Butler

Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

In the midst of a major budget crunch at the Pentagon, the Air Force is ill-equipped to explain just how a request for $220.5 million for a “red air” aggressor aircraft got into the fiscal 2016 budget plan sent to Congress Feb. 2.

FULL ARTICLE

Air India Restructuring Focuses On Continued Fleet Renewal

Jens Flottau

Aviation Week & Space Technology

Air India faces myriad challenges as it tries to regroup, not least of which is the creation of two more airlines operating on the domestic market.

FULL ARTICLE

MRO Providers Expect Low Fuel Costs To Boost Airline Spending

Sean Broderick

Aviation Daily

Aftermarket-services providers have no doubt that low fuel prices will lead to increased airline spending, but are less certain about when the effects will become visible in backlogs and balance sheets.

FULL ARTICLE

Podcast: Is The Pilot Shortage For Real?

AviationWeek.com

Our editors discuss the global pilot shortage and why the solution is not as simple as paying American regional pilots more.

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Uçağın bugünlerde Türkiye'ye getirileceği belirtilirken ektsra yakıt tanklı bu modellerle THY, Afrika uçuşlarını gerçekleştiriyor.

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THY'nin teslim alacağı 17'nci Boeing 777 tipi uçak olacak olan TC-JJV'nin Şubat ayı içerisinde filoya katılacağı kaydedildi.

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