GECAS orders 12 more A330s
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) has ordered 12 additional Airbus A330-300 aircraft. The announcement brings the total number of A330s ordered by GECAS to 32, and forms a key part of the lessor’s strategy to “expand our widebody product offerings to satisfy customer demand,” according to GECAS president and CEO Norman C T Liu. The
BAC announces major restructure
Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC) has announced its first major restructure since the airport was privatised in 1997. A new organisational structure, senior leadership team, and a team of general managers feature among the changes, designed to meet the increasing challenges of running day-to-day operations at the airport. “Over the past 12 months we have reviewed
Tourism Council raises concerns about WA changes
The Tourism Council of Western Australia has raised concerns over the quality of services to some regional destinations after the state government announced several changes to intrastate air routes. Incumbent Skywest is the preferred airline for Perth-Albany and Perth-Esperance, and will introduce Perth-Bussleton flights, but Skippers Aviation has been named as the preferred airline for
Singapore Airlines moves to increase fuel surcharge
Singapore Airlines (SIA) will increase its fuel surcharge after jet fuel rose above US$110 a barrel. Subject to regulatory approval, SIA says the surcharge is necessary given the recent “sharp and sustained escalation in the price of jet fuel”, and hopes for it to be in effect from Thursday January 27 . The surcharge increases,
Poseidon airframe static testing complete
Boeing has announced it completed full scale static testing for the P-8A Poseidon’s airframe on January 7, confirming the airframe’s structural integrity. The series of trials, which began in May 2009, saw 154 different tests conducted on ‘S1’, the program’s full-scale static ground test vehicle, in which it sustained loads equal to or greater than
Boeing trims C-17 jobs
Boeing will cut approximately 1100 jobs from its C-17 production line by the end of 2012 as it winds down the production rate of the airlifter. The move follows a scale down in C-17 deliveries from 14 in 2010 to an announced 13 in 2011, to 10 aircraft in 2012. The lower production rate, announced
