Dubbo Airport receives Commonwealth security funding
In another announcement from the Federal Minister for Infrastructure and Transport at the RAAA’s annual convention this morning, Anthony Albanese MP has pledged $320,000 to facilitate the installation of security screening equipment at Dubbo Airport. As the airport embraces higher capacity aircraft operations and seeks to expand its domestic network, it is forced to make
Federal government supports lower cost aircraft finance
Australia will sign up to the Cape Town Convention in a move that should provide access to lower cost aircraft finance, Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Anthony Albanese, announced at the annual RAAA conference this morning. From 2014, when the government expects the treaty will be brought into law, it is claimed airlines could save
RAAA chairman fires his final salvo at bureaucracy
Outgoing chairman of the Regional Aviation Association of Australia (RAAA), Michael Bridge, has fired a broadside at government bureaucrats and politicians about the stifling effects of over-regulation on regional aviation Bridge told attendees at the annual RAAA convention this morning that commercial aviation was one of Australia’s most over regulated and constrained industries. “Frank and
Virgin, SQ to start Adelaide codeshare to Europe
Codeshare arrangements between Virgin Australia and Singapore Airlines from Adelaide are being extended to 12 destinations in Europe and the UK. Subject to regulatory approval, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, London, Manchester, Milan, Moscow, Munich, Paris, Rome and Zurich will be added, with reciprocal lounge and frequent flyer benefits applying to the new services. Virgin Australia
Mixed August fortunes for AIAL
Auckland International Airport Limited has released performance figures for August, showing mixed results from its three airport investments. The total number of passengers at Auckland receded by nearly 1.4 per cent, with a dramatic reduction in international transit passengers following the withdrawal of through-services by Qantas and Aerolineas Argentinas to Los Angeles and Buenos Aires
Qatar’s oneworld membership ups the ante
In a move that may spell unease for the recently consummated relationship between Qantas and Emirates, Qatar Airways has ended months of speculation by announcing its membership of oneworld. Its membership will add 15 new destinations and three countries to the alliance network, bringing the total to 856 destinations and 159 countries served by the
