The World of Aviation

Boeing has delivered a pair of 787 Dreamliners to Japan Airlines, the second carrier to receive the cutting-edge but long-delayed jet. JAL will use the aircraft to launch non-stop services between Tokyo and Boston, a 13 hour flight showcasing the range that is one of the mid-sized 787’s selling points. The Boston flights are due

Qantas has completed the first phase of a planned contraction of its money losing international operations, scaling back flights on the Kangaroo route to London and replacing Buenos Aires services with flights to Santiago, Chile. The carrier ended flights to London via Hong Kong and Bangkok on Sunday, leaving daily return services from Sydney and

For all the fuss over Qantas’s so far failed attempts at launching a premium airline in Asia, it is clear that Jetstar is the main game for the Qantas Group in Asia. Today’s announcement of the launch of Jetstar Hong Kong in partnership with China Eastern now means the Jetstar brand has footprints in three

Two weeks after abandoning plans for an Asia-based premium carrier, Qantas has secured a deal at the other end of the market and will set up a Jetstar franchise in Hong Kong. The $198 million agreement with codeshare partner China Eastern Airlines, announced today, will see Jetstar Hong Kong operational by 2013, Qantas said. The

Failed Air Australia will be liquidated, after the airline’s creditors voted to wind up the company at a meeting in Brisbane today. Administrator Mark Mentha of Korda Mentha said the airline’s 350 staff would get most of their entitlements paid out under the federal government’s General Employee Entitlements and Redundancy Scheme (GEERS) but other creditors

Boeing has backed Airbus in its dispute with the European Union over the EU’s carbon pricing scheme, a rare moment of agreement between two arch-rivals who remain locked in a bitter trade dispute over government subsidies. “This is not about Boeing and Airbus,” Boeing CEO Jim Albaugh told Reuters during an aviation industry meeting in