The World of Aviation

The Victorian state government has announced it will invest $180,000 in an upgrade of Kyneton airfield between Ballarat and Bendigo. The Minister responsible for the Aviation Industry Gordon Rich-Phillips announced on February 7 that funding will come from Victorian government’s $20 million Regional Aviation Fund (RAF), and that the upgrade will include a 24-hour self-service

The Australian Airports Association (AAA) has called for the development of a state aviation strategy for South Australia in order to “maximise the economic and social contribution of aviation and airports to the…economy.” Caroline Wilkie, CEO of the AAA said in a statement that such a strategy “would establish a clear vision for aviation in

Adelaide Airport Limited (AAL) has announced it will commence works to expand the apron area south west of Terminal 1 later this month to create more space for aircraft parking. An AAL statement said the expansion will add approximately 20,000 square metres of space to the southern apron, creating sufficient parking for an additional four

British Airways has issued a statement saying it will continue to operate services to Australia following Virgin Atlantic’s announcement last week that it would withdraw from the Australian market from May. As the last European airline to soon be operating RPT services to Australia, BA says it is expanding its services to the Asia region

Regional Express has announced that its financial results for the first half of the 2013/14 financial years would be “significantly deteriorated.” In a statement to the ASX,  chief operating officer Garry Filmer said the forecast profit before tax (PBT) for the first half of the financial year would be approximately 40 per cent of that achieved

REX has announced its subsidiary AirLink will not take up the licences it was granted for services between Sydney and Cobar and Mudgee because “negotiations on partnership agreements with both councils” had broken down. In a February 7 statement, AirLink CEO David Brooksby said that the two routes represented a “significant commercial risk” and that