The World of Aviation

Tiger Airways Australia will re-launch the its Melbourne to Brisbane services on Thursday, as the airline rolls out its revised flight schedule after being handed back its AOC last week. The new flights, which went on sale today, follows the commencement of three daily return services between Melbourne and Sydney last Friday, which Tiger is

Virgin Australia has announced fares and scheduling for its planned ATR 72 services later this year, hours after the airline launched its ‘Capital Connect’ service between Canberra and Sydney earlier today. Subject to regulatory approval, Virgin’s ATR services – which will be operated by Skywest – will initial operate on the following routes: Double daily

Sydney Airport has announced the completion of a $26 million runway resurfacing project, as work now begins on a $25 million stop bar light installation The installation of stop bar lights at taxiway entries to each of Sydney’s three runways will complement previous major resurfacing work done on the airport’s main north-south runway, east-west runway

Thai Airways has confirmed an order for four Airbus A350-900s and five A320s, and will lease eight A350-900s and six A320s. Selected as part of Thai’s fleet modernisation program, the airline will fly its A320s on domestic and regional routes, while operating the A350-900 on long haul services to Europe. Thai’s recent acquisition follows the

New Zealand based CTC Aviation Group subsidiary Airline Placement Limited (APL) has been selected by British Airways to sponsor cadet pilots for the airline’s Future Pilot Programme (FPP), with nearly 100 cadets expect to be inducted in the first year. CTC has also been nominated by BA as the approved supplier of cadet training under

Hamilton International Airport (HIA) has secured a approval to extend its runway to almost 3000m, as it looks to become a “low cost secondary airport gateway” to New Zealand in the near future. The runway extension, which was approved by Waipa District Council in May, is in line with HIA’s master plan out to 2030.