SIA’s Sydney lounge to get a makeover
Singapore Airlines’ ‘SilverKris’ lounge at Sydney Airport will receive a makeover as the first step in a $15 million upgrade of the carrier’s worldwide airport lounges. The update comes as SIA seeks to keep ahead of growing competition from airlines based in the Middle East and elsewhere in Asia. The carrier has not released details
Future Fund to take airport stakes
The federal government’s Future Fund will pay $2 billion to take over a collection of infrastructure assets that includes stakes in a number of Australian airports. The $77 billion investment fund, set up to help cover the cost of public sector pensions, will buy out the assets of the Australian Infrastructure Fund (AIX), which includes
Kingsford-Smith sees revenue, passenger growth
Sydney Airport has reported revenue and passenger growth over the first half of 2012 thanks to a trickle of new international services. Revenue for the six months ending in June rose 6.6 per cent to $503.6 million while passenger traffic ticked up 1.6 per cent to 17.7 million, the airport said. Sydney Airport Ltd, which
Hall of Fame names inaugural class
The Australian Aviation Hall of Fame will induct an inaugural class of nine aviators at its first annual gala dinner in Wagga Wagga on September 15. The inductees include box kite pioneer Lawrence Hargrave, Bert Hinkler, Lores Bonney, Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, Sir Ross and Sir Keith Macpherson Smith, Reginald and John Duigan, Sir Norman
Weather, disorientation blamed for fatal Sydney helo crash
Disorientation amid poor weather has been blamed for the fatal helicopter crash that killed a Sydney businessman and his pilot in July 2011. A mechanical failure had initially been suspected as the cause of the crash after witnesses reported seeing parts of the helicopter’s tail section flying loose moments before it went down in bushland
Quickstep gets first C-130J work
Sydney-based carbon composite manufacturer Quickstep has received its first purchase order under a contract with Lockheed Martin to supply composite wing flaps for the C-130J Super Hercules airlifter. The order, covering preliminary work such as planning, tooling and training activities, is expected to be valued at between $1.4 and $1.6 million, Quickstep said in a
