The World of Aviation

Hawker Pacific has announced the appointment of Nick Jones to the position of Vice President – Aircraft Sales. The company says that, effective immediately, Jones will be responsible for the leadership and development of the Hawker Pacific Aircraft Sales Group (fixed and rotary wing) in the Asia/Pacific region. “The establishment of this role underpins Hawker

Queenstown Airport on New Zealand’s south island has recorded a 5.1 per cent increase in passenger numbers in 2013 over the previous year. The picturesque leisure destination logged 1,215,526 passengers through its facilities in 2013 compared to 1,156,250 in 2012, a rise it attributes in part to strong growth on trans-Tasman routes to Brisbane, Sydney

Qantas has announced that heavy maintenance of its remaining 747-400 airliners will move offshore once its Avalon heavy maintenance facility near Geelong closes in March. In a January 21 statement, the airline said; “We indicated when we announced the closure of our Avalon maintenance base that maintenance on our Boeing 747 aircraft may need to

Bombardier Aerospace says it will cut 1700 jobs from its Canadian and US facilities after slow sales in 2013. Media reports in the US say the manufacturer needs to reduce costs as it gears up for production of its delayed CSeries airliner and Lear 85 business jet, and that 1100 jobs will go from its

Lessor GE Capital Aviation Services has announced an order for 20 737NGs and 20 737MAX airliners. “We ordered more 737 MAX 8s and Next-Generation 737-800s because demand continues to grow as our airline customers require more fuel-efficient aircraft to compete in the marketplace,” Norman C.T. Liu, president and CEO of GECAS said in a statement.

Russian manufacturer Sukhoi has announced plans for an intermediate stretch of its Superjet SSJ100 regional airliner. The modest stretch would add an additional row of seats, bringing capacity up to 115 from the current 110 seats offered by the 100, and will enter production from 2016. Sukhoi says the stretch will be an interim model