CASA has issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making proposing to change the cabin crew to passenger seat ratio to bring Australia in line with international standards. Key parts of the proposal include changing the ratio of cabin crew to passenger seats from 1:36 to 1:50 for passenger aircraft with more than 36 and fewer
Despite recent reports that it had chosen an alliance with Delta Air Lines, Japan Air Lines has confirmed that it will stay within the oneworld alliance and will enter into a joint venture with American Airlines as part of its massive restructuring. “We respect this was an important decision for Japan Airlines and the government
Singapore Airlines and All Nippon Airways have been forced to make some changes to aircraft entry into service schedules after it was found that a Japanese seat manufacturer admitted that its seats had failed safety tests. According to a report in The Times, Yokohama based Koito Industries has admitted to falsifying test data for strength
According to the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics’s Domestic Air Fares Index, airfares for travel during February 2010 remained largely the same as those during the same time last year. The index showed that best discount economy fares for the month fell by 2.2 points to 60.6, with the restricted economy index falling
The federal government has announced a $200 million package aimed at upgrading aviation security in line with the recently released Aviation White Paper and heightened security since the attempted terrorist attack on a Delta Air Lines service on Christmas Day. Announced in a joint statement from Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Transport Minister Anthony Albanese and
Strategic Airlines is reportedly putting the finishing touches to plans to begin flights on the crowded Perth-Denpasar (Bali) route three times a week from June. According to a report in The West Australian newspaper by Australian Aviation contributor Geoffrey Thomas, executives from Strategic will be in Perth this week to discuss dates and timings for
