The World of Aviation

About 150 Qantas pilots have taken unpaid leave and some may not be coming back as the airline cuts services in a bid to revive money losing international operations, Bloomberg has reported. Qantas confirmed the Bloomberg report but declined to elaborate, the news agency reported. Many of the pilots are going on leave to join

Qantas passenger numbers recovered in November, backing up claims by management that the airline had bounced back from a dire October that saw its fleet grounded amid labour strife. Domestic passenger numbers for the Flying Kangaroo were still down 1.3 per cent from November 2010, but that was a marked improvement from October when domestic

Air New Zealand has won an Australian government tender to operate flights from Brisbane and Sydney to Norfolk Island. The twice weekly services from each city will complement Air New Zealand’s existing weekly service between Auckland and Norfolk Island, a tiny Australian territory roughly 800km northwest of New Zealand. The services are tentatively scheduled to

Embraer has delivered its first US built Phenom 100 business jet to Kansas City based Executive Airshare. The Brazilian aircraft maker opened its production facility in Melbourne, Florida, in February 2011 and in December opened an adjacent customer centre and showroom. Embraer hailed the delivery as an important milestone as it expands its US operations.

Sydney Airport has launched an iPhone app and a Facebook page as it rolls out a major public relations effort in support of its proposed terminal overhaul. The iPhone app will allow users to check flight schedules and access real-time arrival and departure updates. Users can also subscribe to a particular flight and have updates

Gulfstream has rolled out its 250th and final G200 business jet, capping a 14 year production run. Gulfstream says the G200 fleet has flown more than 581,000 hours and completed more than 351,000 takeoffs and landings. The G200 was originally introduced as the ‘Galaxy’ by Galaxy Aerospace, which was acquired by Gulfstream in 2001. The