The World of Aviation

The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has bowed to pressure from industry, delaying the implementation of new licensing regulations from the earlier proposed December 4 this year to September 1 2014. In a statement announcing the timetable change, CASA said: “The primary reason for the changes is the need to give the aviation industry more

The New Zealand government has completed the sale of 20 per cent of its equity in Air New Zealand, raising NZ$365 million from 221 million shares valued at NZ$1.65 a share. Eighty-four per cent of the shares sold by the government were taken up by New Zealand-based investors, with the remainder by overseas institutions including

Qantas has launched an aggressive online petition as it ratchets up its campaign to get the federal government to block Air New Zealand, Etihad Airways and Singapore Airlines taking increased stakes in Virgin Australia via the latter’s $350 million rights issue. The website fairgo4qantas.nationbuilder.com went live on Tuesday morning and uses unprecedentedly strong language in arguing

Forget the corporate rhetoric from Borghetti and Joyce in their latest public exchanges on Virgin’s rampant capital-raising efforts this year, what is becoming clear is that the majority foreign-owned carrier Borghetti leads is staving off a financial cold, writes Julian Green. In the last 12 months, Virgin Australia has raised more than $1 billion in

Libyan Wings, a Tripoli-based charter and freight airline scheduled to start services in early 2014, has ordered three A350-900s and four A320s. The aircraft will be used on longhaul and regional routes. Including this order from the Dubai Airshow, the A350 has gained 764 firm orders from 39 customers.

Qatar Airways has placed a firm order for five new A330-200 Freighters. Included in the order are eight additional A330-200F options, bringing the potential total to 13 aircraft. The airline already operates three A330-200Fs, which began services with the airline earlier this year, on a rapidly growing network that includes more than 40 routes that have