Tiger plots return to Cairns
Tiger Airways has announced plans to resume flights to Cairns pending approval by safety regulators. The budget carrier was forced to sharply curtail operations following a six week suspension over safety concerns last year and remains under a CASA imposed cap on daily flights. It has focused on core routes out of its Melbourne hub
ADF extends F/A-18 maintenance contract
BAE Systems and L-3 MAS Canada have won a 10-month extension on their ADF contract for maintenance of the F/A-18 Classic Hornet. The contract, which was due to expire in December 2012 and will now run through October 2013, includes structural refurbishment modifications and deep maintenance for an additional 14 F/A-18. The extension is worth
Royal Brunei adds Melbourne flights
Royal Brunei Airlines will increase its Brunei-Melbourne service from four times weekly to daily beginning on March 25, a year after launching the route. The service — Royal Brunei’s only Australian route — offers passengers onward connections to China and London. The increase in service will amount to an additional 88,920 seats. “With the Olympic
Airbus delivers 13th USCG Ocean Sentry
Airbus Military has delivered its 13th HC-144A Ocean Sentry maritime patrol aircraft to the US Coast Guard. The Coast Guard is using the Ocean Sentry to replace its aging fleet of HU-25 Guardian jets and some older HC-130H aircraft. The Ocean Sentry is based on Airbus’s CN235 tactical airlifter, more than 250 of which are
Air New Zealand boss to step down
Air New Zealand CEO Rob Fyfe has announced plans to resign at the end of 2012, ending a seven year tenure that has seen the carrier bounce back from rocky financial times and establish a reputation atop the airline industry. “After almost a decade at Air New Zealand, I am an Air New Zealander to
AviancaTaca firms up A320 order
South America’s AviancaTaca has finalised an order for 33 Airbus A320neo and 18 current generation A320 Family aircraft. The deal builds on a memorandum of understanding signed at the Paris Airshow in June. AviancaTaca was created in 2010 by the merger of Columbia’s Avianca Airlines and TACA Airlines of El Salvador. The company includes subsidiary
