Avalon rail link route unveiled
The Victorian government has identified the preferred route for a $260 million rail line linking Melbourne’s Avalon Airport to the existing Melbourne-Geelong track. A spur rail line of about 5.5km that begins between Lara and Little River stations on the Melbourne-Geelong rail line was identified as the most preferred option, according to the Avalon Airport
Airport staff to face extra ID checks, passengers under more scrutiny after terror alert lifted
The federal government’s move to lift the terror alert level to high will result in a bolstered presence from law enforcement agencies at airports and may cause longer wait times for travellers and additional security checks for staff, Australia’s security bodies say. Airports and airlines, however, have not been asked to do anything extra as a
Air New Zealand farewells the 747
Touchdown of NZ7 at 6:26am local time on Friday in Auckland brought the curtain down on the Boeing 747-400’s active service with Air New Zealand. Having flown both the 747-200 and then the 747-400 models of the four-engine jet with its distinctive hump for more than three decades, Air NZ, like many airlines around the world, is sending
Virgin, Qantas cut seats in July, while Tiger, Jetstar continue capacity expansion
While domestic capacity discipline seems to be the order of the day at Qantas and Virgin Australia, it is a different story for the nation’s two low-cost carriers Tigerair and Jetstar. Qantas’s latest traffic statistics indicate the Flying Kangaroo (including QantasLink) reduced domestic capacity, as measured by available seat kilometres (ASK) by 2.7 per cent
Truss confirms govt to respond to Forsyth report by the end of 2014
Acting Prime Minister Warren Truss has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to respond to the Forsyth inquiry into Australia’s aviation regulatory system before the end of the year. Speaking at Airservices’ annual Waypoint conference in Canberra on Thursday, Truss said the Aviation Safety Regulation Review (ASRR) found Australia had a good safety record but identified “opportunities for
Skytrans to exit Sydney-Toowoomba as QantasLink enters Wellcamp
Regional carrier Skytrans says it will exit the Sydney-Toowoomba route once QantasLink begins flights from Sydney to Brisbane West Wellcamp airport in November. Skytrans chief executive Simon Wild said his small, family-run airline just could not compete against the big national carriers such as Qantas. “We are proud to have been the pioneer in getting that
