Federal budget allocates funds for Townsville, Sunshine Coast to become “ongoing international airports”
About $8 million will be spent in 2015/16 on international passenger processing facilities at Townsville and Sunshine Coast airports, the budget papers show. Immigration and Border Protection Minister Peter Dutton said both airports will be able to offer ongoing international services as part of the funding package announced in Tuesday night’s budget. Townsville Airport was
Jeff Boyd appointed new CASA chairman
Current Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) deputy chairman Jeff Boyd has been appointed chairman for the next three years. Boyd will replace current chairman Allan Hawke, who is stepping down after almost six years on the CASA board, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Warren Truss said in a statement on Wednesday.
Australia will spend $50 million in 2015/16 as part the ongoing search effort for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, budget papers show. The funding allocation for the coming financial year would provide the necessary funding to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) to increase the search area should the aircraft not be found within
Government plans combined tender process for Norfolk and Christmas/Cocos (Keeling) Islands services
Government contracts to operate air services to Norfolk Island, Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands will be up for tender together in 2016, budget papers show. Currently, the Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development pays Air New Zealand a subsidy to fly to Norfolk Island, located about 900nm off Australia’s east coast in the
Qantas has forecast a reduction in its fuel bill of at least $550 million in 2014/15 and says its cost-cutting targets for the full financial year have been met or exceeded. The details were published in a slide presentation senior Qantas management, including chief executive Alan Joyce, delivered to the financial community during the company’s
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has described as encouraging recent statistics which showed the airline is growing passenger numbers into and out of Australia. The Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) figures showed MAS carried 127,719 passengers between Kuala Lumpur and its Australian ports Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney in February, up 7.8
