Aerospace Diary

Neelam Mathews Dec 17, 2012 Tourism Australia and Etihad Airways have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at bringing more visitors from the Middle East, UK and Europe to Australia by leveraging the airline’s expanding international network.  One wonders if there are any plans to do something similar with India? http://l.yimg.com Under the new strategic marketing agreement, the two will invest up to A$6 million over the next three years in a range of cooperative programs targeting visitors from the Middle East, UK and Europe. "In just five years of flying to Australia, Etihad Airways has demonstrated a strong and growing commitment to its Australian operations."  Andrew McEvoy, Managing Director, Tourism Australia " "We not only have 16 percent of our global seat capacity dedicated to the route but also major investments in community assets like Melbourne’s Etihad Stadium."  James Hogan, President and CEO, Etihad Airways said. “T...

Sept 10, 2012   With the arrival of the first wing and fuselage in late August, Embraer Executive Jets’ assembly facility in Melbourne, FL, has added production of the Phenom 300 light aircraft to the two-shift assembly operation. Full development of the assembly line, including the addition of the Phenom 300, will be completed in the first quarter 2013.   “We have added the Phenom 300 to bring production closer to our customers,” said Phil Krull, managing director of the facility. “Customers have been benefiting from the delivery of the entry-level Phenom 100 produced in Melbourne since last year and we are now ready to expand these operations.”  

Aviation Daily Jun 23 , 2010 , p. 11 Neelam Mathews Air India will fly daily direct services between Melbourne and Delhi, starting Nov. 1 with a Boeing 777, the first nonstop service to Melbourne from India. Air India also is the first Indian carrier to fly to Australia. The new service was announced after Air India’s Chairman and Managing Director Arvind Jadhav signed a deal with the state of Victoria Premier John Brumby. In 2007, Qantas signed a code-share accord with Jet Airways to offer passengers daily departures from Delhi to Singapore, with onward connections to and from Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Cairns and Darwin and from Mumbai to Singapore with connections to and from Perth and Sydney. The bilateral agreement between India and Australia gives Indian carriers 6,500 seats per week to six destinations in Australia, including Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane. Air India earlier flew to Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, but withdrew its services. “A...