Boeing ramps up subsidy rhetoric
Boeing has attacked Airbus’s use of state aid after the US Congress released a letter urging the US administration to ensure that the European manufacturer complies with a recent WTO ruling which found some forms of aid to Airbus illegal. “Despite an imminent final WTO ruling on illegal subsidies, Airbus appears poised to extend and
ATR opens logistics centre in KL
ATR has opened a new spares logistics support centre at Kuala Lumpur International Airport to support operators in the Asia Pacific region. ATR also operates a customer support centre in Singapore and a training centre in Bangkok, as well as one in Malaysia. In recent years, the carrier has sold a number of aircraft to
New surface movement radar at Melbourne
Airservices Australia announced on December 17 that it has commissioned Australia’s first advanced surface movement radar, at Melbourne Airport. The $35 million Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control System (A-SMGCS) aggregates surveillance data from multiple sources and helps to improve controllers’ situational awareness of possible ground conflicts, particularly at night or during bad weather. “While
Jetstar, AirAsia in talks
Qantas has confirmed that Jetstar has entered into talks with AirAsia over a “potential cost saving joint venture”, although indications are that it will not involve merging the two low cost carriers. Qantas released a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange on December 18 confirming that the two have been involved in preliminary discussions, but
Strategic gets Bali capacity
The International Air Services Commission has made a determination which will allow Strategic Airlines to operate its planned services from Brisbane to Denpasar. The IASC has allowed for the transfer of 408 seats originally allocated to Ozjet on the Indonesia route to Strategic. In addition, Strategic will be required to seek an additional 50 seats
Passenger loads up in October
New data from the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics shows that passenger load factors on domestic services increased during October, despite a marginal decrease in passenger numbers. For the month, network-wide load factor increased by 1.9 percentage points to 83.5 per cent compared to the same time last year, while passenger numbers decreased
