Australian Aviation — December 2017

DECEMBER 2017 AUSTRALIAN AVIATION 21 A s the first details of Singapore Airlines’ new Airbus A380 configuration leaked out in No ...

22 AUSTRALIAN AVIATION DECEMBER 2017 GEOFFREYTHOMAS Contrails Beyond the hype Will Qantas realise the 787’s full potential? Q ue ...

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24 AUSTRALIAN AVIATION DECEMBER 2017 I t’s been a long time coming. When the first Qantas 787-9 touched down in Sydney at the en ...

DECEMBER 2017 AUSTRALIAN AVIATION 25 “Everything went so smoothly today, having Iva Davies with us performing that song [Great S ...

26 AUSTRALIAN AVIATION DECEMBER 2017 told the 1,500 Qantas staff, industry guests and media who were inside the airline’s Hangar ...

DECEMBER 2017 AUSTRALIAN AVIATION 27 GREAT SOUTHERN LANDS widebody airliners of the 787 size over the next 20 years. Given Qanta ...

28 AUSTRALIAN AVIATION DECEMBER 2017 a full payload was the target, Joyce did offer one little detail about the potential cabin ...

DECEMBER 2017 AUSTRALIAN AVIATION 29 GREAT SOUTHERN LANDS 7,312nm, but the great circle route crosses over the top of Antarctica ...

30 AUSTRALIAN AVIATION DECEMBER 2017 T he Royal Australian Air Force’s maritime warfare capabilities are undergoing generational ...

DECEMBER 2017 AUSTRALIAN AVIATION 31 P-8s on order for the RAAF in service, with deliveries continuing through to (A further ba ...

32 AUSTRALIAN AVIATION DECEMBER 2017 of forward operating bases, such as RAAF Learmonth, or RAAF Curtin, or RAAF Scherger, it’s ...

DECEMBER 2017 AUSTRALIAN AVIATION 33 GOD OF THE SEA crew. The simulators, which can be linked together, will be operated by 292 ...

34 AUSTRALIAN AVIATION DECEMBER 2017 “But, probably the bigger milestone prior to FOC is where we need to be when the P-3 planne ...

DECEMBER 2017 AUSTRALIAN AVIATION 35 GOD OF THE SEA Automation is a common theme when talking to 11SQN personnel about their new ...

This time it’s personal WRITER: JORDAN CHONG Singapore Airlines’ new cabin products highlight the carrier’s commitment to its pr ...

DECEMBER 2017 AUSTRALIAN AVIATION 37 SIA SUITES S ingapore Airlines’ (SIA) US$850 million investment to upgrade its Airbus A380 ...

38 AUSTRALIAN AVIATION DECEMBER 2017 was comfortable for both sleeping and sitting. “We have to design to fit both, comfortable ...

DECEMBER 2017 AUSTRALIAN AVIATION 39 SIA SUITES help improve the profitability of its A380 operations. “SIA is obviously hoping ...

OKRA WRITER: ANDREW MCLAUGHLIN The RAAF’s Air Task Group marks three years on operations in the fight against ISIS The ability t ...