The World of Aviation

Air New Zealand has annouced plans to begin flying to Buenos Aires, Argentina from December 2015. The new three-times-weekly, year-round services from Auckland will be operated by the airline’s Boeing 777-200ERs. Subject to regulatory approvals, Aerolineas Argentinas will codeshare on the flights, and on connecting trans-Tasman flights to Australia, while Air New Zealand will codeshare

The chief of the world’s largest international airline has criticised his competitors for not buying more A380 super jumbos as Airbus hints at closing down the production line in 2018. Emirates president Tim Clark has warned that with air travel due to double in the next 10 years to seven billion passengers a year, airlines and airports

Brussels Airlines has put humanitarian duty over brand as the airline commits to maintaining service to Ebola-affected countries in West Africa. The Belgium flag carrier is currently the only European carrier serving the Sierra Leone capital Freetown, with British Airways and Air France suspending services to Lungi International Airport. The twice-weekly service with Airbus A330-300

Qatar Airways says it will not take delivery of its new Airbus A350-900 this week as planned. The airline made the announcement on its Facebook page on Wednesday, without giving a reason for the delay. “Qatar Airways announces that the Airbus A350 aircraft ceremonial transfer of title has been postponed until further notice,” the airline

Qantas is looking to further improve its aircraft utilisation rates, which it says are still below those of major competitors. As part of its ‘transformation’ program to cut costs and increase efficiency Qantas has introduced a number of measures to improve aircraft availability, which has allowed it to introduce a number of new routes (such as Brisbane-Tokyo announced on Tuesday) and even look to

Air travel looks set to be more affordable in 2015 as the recent fall in fuel prices leads to lower ticket prices, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) says. IATA’s Global Economic Outlook report, released on Wednesday, says average return air fares, which exclude surcharges and taxes, are tipped to fall by 5.1 per cent