The World of Aviation

The National Aerial Firefighting Centre of Australia (NAFC) is inviting tenders for the services of a small number of piloted, conventional, light fixed-wing aircraft for reconnaissance of bushfires and associated tasks during the bushfire season for three years beginning in 2013-14, with a possible extensions up to a total of five years. At this stage

A nonstop link between India, one of the world’s fastest growing markets, and Australia will be resumed on August 29 when Air India reintroduces direct services after a 16-year absence in the market. The airline will operate a daily schedule using its newly-delivered 787s, likely becoming the first carrier to introduce the new aircraft to

Star Alliance member Air New Zealand has been appointed to develop and manage the alliance’s new lounge at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), which is part of the expansion of the Tom Bradley International Terminal. Inspired by a contemporary interpretation of modernist LA architecture of the 1950s and 1960s, the new LAX lounge will have

Airservices and the Department of Defence have released a Request For Tender (RFT) for Australia’s future air traffic management (ATM) platform. When implemented, the new system will provide a generational improvement to the way air traffic is managed by aligning civil and defence ATM requirements under a single unified national solution. The tender comes as

The number of international passengers using Brisbane Airport in June is running seven per cent ahead of the same period last year, something the airport said has been led by event-based travel demand. The region has been host to a number of high profile events this year, which has helped drive domestic and inbound international

Melbourne’s RMIT University will offer its aviation management degree course in Singapore for the first time from January 2014. The course is being delivered in partnership between RMIT and the Singapore Institute of Management and is the only approved Australian degree specialising in aviation management in Singapore. Australian-based RMIT academics as well as local aviation