The World of Aviation

  Qantas has announced that 108 engineering positions in Sydney will be lost as part of its restructuring of its maintenance operations. “As older aircraft are replaced with modern aircraft that have more advanced technology and require less maintenance, less often, there is a reduction in workload for our aircraft maintenance engineers,” Qantas Domestic CEO

Qantas has warned the federal government and opposition that it could “go under” if Etihad Airways was given the green light to take over Virgin Australia’s domestic operations. According to a report by Fairfax media, CEO Alan Joyce and a small delegation have been in Canberra this week lobbying politicans to  place controls on how

The federal government has announced funding to assist 18 regional airports to upgrade security arrangements as a result of new regulations taking effect on July 1. The latest funding comes on top of $32 million provided for the purchase of security screening equipment, as well as $9 million towards training security staff to use new

Qantas has received the first of its reconfigured Airbus A380s, which adds more economy seats at the expense of business class and self-service snack bars. With the reconfiguration, total capacity of the aircraft is raised to 484 passengers, mostly due to the addition of 39 economy seats, most of which are located in the rear

The next Safeskies Conference will be held in Canberra on 16-17 October 2013, organisers have announced. The conference, which is aimed at promoting aviation safety, attracts delegates from across the aviation industry, and has the support of organisations such as CASA, Airservices Australia,the Defence Department, Qantas and Raytheon. The last Safeskies Conference was held in

Aer Lingus has advised its shareholders to reject a EUR694m takeover bid from low cost carrier Ryanair, claiming that it undervalues the Irish flag carrier. Ryanair launched a EUR1.30 per share all-cash offer on June 18 for Aer Lingus, which it says represents a 38 per cent premium on its closing share price on the