aviation

Thursday, October 01

First Australian-built electric planes prepare for takeoff

Entrepreneurial Adelaide company Eyre to There Aviation is planning to be Australia’s first manufacturer of electric aircraft after signing an agreement with a European designer.

Adelaide Airport considers call to rename after pioneering aviator

Adelaide Airport is considering a request to change its name to recognise pioneering South Australian aviator Captain Harry Butler as part of a new 20-year masterplan for the site.

A Malindo Air Boeing 737-900 pictured in April this year, sitting idle after skidding off the runway at an airport in Kathmandu, Nepal. Photo: EPA / Narendra Shrestha

Lion Air subsidiary negotiating to fly into Adelaide

EXCLUSIVE | A subsidiary of Lion Air, whose Boeing 737 crashed in Jakarta yesterday with 189 people presumed dead, has been in discussions to establish flights to Adelaide next year.

Emirates rescues the A380 superjumbo from death row

Emirates announced a deal for up to 36 Airbus A380 aircraft on Thursday worth as much as $US16 billion ($A22 billion) at list prices, saving the world’s biggest passenger jet from death row and securing its future for at least another decade.