The World of Aviation

Former Qantas and Brisbane Airport executive Jim Carden has been named CEO of fledgling industry peak body Aviation/Aerospace Australia. A/AA Chair John Duddy said Mr Carden brought a wealth of experience in aviation management that was complemented by experience in government and public affairs. “Jim’s passion for the industry is widely known, and he has

Australia’s labour umpire claims Jetstar is staffing domestic flights with Thai workers paid as little as half the required rate for Australian air crew. In litigation filed on Friday in the Federal Court, the Fair Work Ombudsman alleged that Jetstar employed the crew through a pair of staffing companies, Singapore-based Valuair and Thailand-based Tour East.

Etihad Airways will wet lease a Boeing 777-300ER from alliance partner Virgin Australia for use on services between Abu Dhabi and Kuala Lampur. The Gulf carrier said the leased aircraft would make one return trip per week as part of Etihad’s daily 777 services between Abu Dhabi and KL. The leased aircraft is outfitted with

Qantas Defence’s Brisbane facility has a “bright future”, head of Qantas Aviation Services Glenn Brown has said, despite work on the final A330 to KC-30 MRTT tanker conversion nearing completion. “The Brisbane conversion centre is a Qantas facility. We’re hoping to finish work of the fifth [KC-30] later this month, following that, Qantas is hoping

Low cost airline AirAsia took delivery of its 100th A320 from Airbus in Toulouse on May 25, with the aircraft named in honour of former Airbus CEO and outgoing EADS CEO Louis Gallois. “Air Asia could not have reached this point in our amazing story without the tremendous support we’ve received from Airbus, going back

Airbus chief operating officer – customers John Leahy has expressed disappointment at Qantas’s recent decision to defer delivery of two more Airbus A380s. ”I wasn’t surprised, I think disappointed is more the word I would use,” Leahy said when asked of Qantas’s decision to defer delivery of two A380s due to be handed over to