The World of Aviation

Captain Georgina Sutton will become the first female chief pilot for a major Australian airline when she takes up the post with Jetstar Australia and New Zealand in February. Sutton is leaving Qantas, where she is currently the Boeing 767 fleet captain, and moving to Melbourne for the chief pilot role at the Qantas-owned low-cost carrier.

Jetstar Japan will start international flights from February 28 2015 as the low-cost carrier builds up its newly opened Osaka base with a daily service to Hong Kong. The new route will be served with Airbus A320 aircraft, with Hong Kong Jetstar Japan’s first international destination since the airline began operations in 2012. The start

The federal government has accepted all but five of the 37 recommendations from the Aviation Safety Regulatory Review (ASRR) and called for Australia’s aviation regulators to work more closely together and improve their relationship with industry. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Warren Truss says the ASRR report, which was written

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Warren Truss wants the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) to take another look at the Pel-Air Westwind corporate jet ditching off the coast of Norfolk Island in 2009. Truss told parliament a review of the ATSB’s investigation of the accident by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada

Investigators at the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) did not follow proper process and had poor oversight during an investigation into the ditching of a Pel-Air Westwind aircraft off the coast of Norfolk Island in 2009, a report says. The conclusions are found in the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) review of the ATSB

Fuel surcharges should be lowered in line with the recent declines in the price of fuel, a consumer group says. Choice head of media Tom Godfrey says airlines should pass on any savings they get from lower fuel prices to consumers. “Continuing to charge a surcharge when prices are no longer high seems a bit