The World of Aviation

Singapore Airlines has detailed its plans to launch a budget long-haul carrier next year in a move that will mean new competition for Qantas owned Jetstar. The unusually-named new airline, called ‘Scoot,’ is slated to launch in mid-2012 with a fleet of four Boeing 777-200s transferred from Singapore Airlines’ fleet. Scoot will initially focus on

Qantas says its flight operations are back to normal today, after resuming flights yesterday following its self imposed grounding over the weekend. The airline says all flights are operating on time and on schedule, after yesterday operating 65 international and 139 domestic flights. “The majority of international passengers across the Qantas network were accommodated on

Qantas has resumed flights after the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) approved the airline’s risk mitigation plan for returning to flight operations after its self imposed grounding on the weekend. “CASA approves Qantas return to service,” CASA simply Tweeted just before 4pm AEDST. “Qantas can confirm that all domestic and international services have resumed from

The radical action taken by Qantas over the past weekend and subsequent ruling from Fair Work Australia to terminate all industrial action is being seen by many as a major win for the Flying Kangaroo. But given the collateral damage it has caused, I think that they have won this battle, but may ultimately lose

Australia’s risk assessment review of its acquisition of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) for the RAAF is underway, Defence has confirmed, after Lockheed Martin revealed last week a team from the Department of Defence was visiting its Fort Worth plant. “A Scheduled Compliance Risk Assessment Method (SCRAM) team is here in response to the

A text message roused me from a deep sleep at 2.26am. It was AA’s deputy editor, Andrew McLaughlin. “QF has grounded its whole fleet immediately until unions withdraw claims!!!” It took a few moments for the importance of that message to penetrate my sleepy fog. “I’m dreaming that, right??” I messaged back. Then it clicked.