The World of Aviation

Alliance partners Air New Zealand and Virgin Australia plan to increase flights to Queenstown and Christchurch over the summer months. The two carriers say there will up to seven extra services a week between Australia and Queenstown between November and March, representing a 50 per cent increase in seats compared with the prior year. “All

The RAAF has released these images of Exercise Stoneage, which it describes as a “long-range strike exercise” involving Amberley-based 1 Squadron over May 12 – 24. “The exercise involved the release of the Joint Stand Off Weapon (JSOW), Guided Bomb Units (GBU)-10, GBU-24 and GBU-31 at the Woomera Air Weapons Range,” the RAAF said.    

Eithad Airways chief executive James Hogan says there should be no trouble filling the Airbus A380 when the airline begins flying the double-decker superjumbo to Australia in 2015. In Sydney to officially open Etihad’s premium lounge at Kingsford-Smith airport, Hogan says the Abu Dhabi-based carrier’s alliance partners in Europe, as well as the recently finalised

Qantas has flagged zero domestic growth across both its mainline and Jetstar operations in the first three months of the new financial year in response to market conditions. Australia’s largest carrier, which has waged a fierce battle in the domestic market with Virgin Australia, made the announcement in its monthly traffic statistics released on Wednesday.

Boeing says orders for 30 from unnamed customers this week has taken firm orders for its 737 MAX program to over 2,000. In all firm orders for the 737 MAX now stand at 2,010 aircraft from 39 customers. Boeing says the MAX has reached the 2,000 order milestone faster than any previous Boeing airliner program.

Hawker Pacific has commenced a demonstration tour of a new Beechcraft King Air 350i across the Asia-Pacific region. The aircraft arrived in the region earlier this month, and commenced its tour in New Zealand on May 19 to May 23. The tour will then cover the east coast of Australia from June 2 to 13,