The World of Aviation

Bendigo-based business charter operator MyJet will build a new hangar as part of a $1.5 million investment at Bendigo Airport. The investment is expected to create six new jobs and comes on the heels of a $5 million upgrade of the airport’s critical infrastructure, including its main north-south runway. MyJet was founded to reduce commuting

Today’s announcement and signing of  the historic alliance agreement between Qantas and Emirates represents a seismic shift in the dynamics of the Australian airline market, both from the customer and the airline business perspectives. At a quick glance today’s announcement appears both a win-win for Qantas as a business and for Qantas’s customers, and also

Back in 1996, Qantas’s codesharing deal with an upstart Middle Eastern carrier called Emirates came and went with barely a notice. How times change. In those days, Qantas was one of the world’s top airlines by any measure. Air Transport World ranked it as the world’s best in 1995, while IATA rated it the world’s

Qantas will shift its European hub to Dubai as it enters a 10-year alliance with Emirates that CEO Alan Joyce called the most significant in Qantas history. The long-rumoured deal, which will take effect in April, moves “past the traditional alliance model to a new level” and will include reciprocal frequent flier benefits and coordinated

As its fare war with Virgin Australia heats up, Qantas has decided to stop releasing casualty figures. That’s the gist of the Flying Kangaroo’s move to break with a decade long tradition of releasing monthly statistics on its yield, or the amount of profit it makes per passenger. Qantas said the change would bring it

Airservices Australia will provide enhanced separation services to all aircraft fitted with Automatic Dependant Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B Out) technology operating outside of radar coverage. The move follows changes to the approval process that previously required individual aircraft operators to apply to receive an ADS-B service, and brings the process into line with that required for