The World of Aviation

Air New Zealand is adding extra services on its Auckland-San Francisco route over the northern peak winter period from mid December 2014 to March 2015, with the airline’s existing daily schedule to be augmented by second daily return flights on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. The new second daily services will depart Auckland at 3.30pm and arrive

Jetstar is adding two new direct routes to its Australian domestic network, with daily Gold Coast-Mackay services starting June 28 and four times weekly Melbourne-Ayers Rock flights commencing on June 29. The announcements will see Jetstar become the only airline to operate direct services on both routes. In addition to the new city pairs, Jetstar

Tigerair Australia has launched a web check function where its passengers can check-in online up to 72 hours before the departure of their flight. Web check is now available for all 12 Tigerair Australia ports. “The key requirement is that customers print their own bar-coded boarding pass and bring it with them to bypass the

Qantas says better aircraft utilisation is allowing it to launch five new direct domestic regional routes: Brisbane to Port Macquarie, Melbourne to Coffs Harbour, Sydney to Hervey Bay, Sydney to Hamilton Island and Brisbane to Miles. “We looked at ways we can better use our aircraft, particularly on the weekends, and found network improvements resulting in

BAE Systems is set to deliver line maintenance services for Tigerair’s fleet of Airbus A320 aircraft in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane over the next five years. The work, which will support 40 jobs, builds on overnight base maintenance services that BAE Systems has been delivering for the airline at Melbourne Airport since October. “With our

The RAAF has sent two AP-3C Orion maritime surveillance aircraft to assist in the international search efforts to find the missing Malaysia Airlines 777 flight MH370 that disappeared on Saturday morning. The two Orions have been based in Darwin, with one aircraft departing there for Malaysia on Sunday evening, with the second due to depart