The World of Aviation

Auckland Airport is launching a new charter/seasonal capacity funding program in a move to continue stimulating demand within the tourism industry. The program, which will target Asian and South American markets in particular, will offer up to NZ$500,000 to tourism wholesalers/airline partnerships looking to develop products that will create new business opportunities with additional air

Hawker Pacific has made a strategic investment in its sales brokerage services to accommodate rising demand for long-range business aviation in the Asia Pacific region, with the establishment of an Aircraft Sales and Acquisitions business. Announcing the establishment of the new service based in Singapore, Tony Jones, CEO for Asia said: ”Hawker Pacific has a

Melbourne Airport has welcomed the federal government’s approval of the Southern Precinct program that includes development of a new domestic terminal facility, 17 new aircraft parking bays, dedicated ground transport facilities and significant road upgrades. The Federal Minister for Infrastructure and Transport gave regulatory approval to the Major Development Plan, which forms part of the

Emirates SkyCargo is the first carrier to implement Electronic-Air Waybill (e-AWB) shipments under the industry’s recently-ratified multilateral e-AWB standard. Emirates SkyCargo has worked towards the adoption of e-freight with its customers while also ensuring processes are more widely understood and adopted in the industry as a whole. Since 2011 the carrier has put in place

Air New Zealand is set to grow inbound tourism traffic following the NZ government’s decision to invest an incremental NZ$158 million over the next four years to grow tourism to New Zealand. Chief Executive Officer Christopher Luxon said: “This is a significant investment in growing tourism export earnings to New Zealand, which will have very

Aviation Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) personnel have been given the chance to practice how to tackle fires on large passenger aircraft at a new training facility at Melbourne Airport. The facility was officially opened on April 16 by Anthony Albanese, Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. The centrepiece of the Learning Academy Hot Fire Training