The World of Aviation

Air New Zealand and Virgin Australia have announced their new-look joint trans-Tasman network, which will connect Air New Zealand’s domestic network of 26 ports to Virgin Australia’s domestic network of 31 domestic ports. Encompassing a broad codeshare arrangement covering all Tasman sectors and connecting domestic Australian and New Zealand sectors, a revenue share agreement and

Qantas launched its new four times weekly Sydney-Dallas/Fort Worth/Brisbane-Sydney service on May 16, with the inaugural QF7 departing Sydney around 1.35pm. With a scheduled flight time of 15 hours, 25 minutes between Sydney and DFW, and 16 hours between DFW and Brisbane on the return QF8 service, the flights are the longest in the Qantas

The Lockyer Valley Regional Council has approved plans for a new airport in southeast Queensland, with an eye towards attracting regional airline flights. To be developed by private consortium VNE Aviation, the new airport is being built near Queensland’s Lake Clarendon, situated between Ipswich and the Toowoomba and Darling Downs region. An initially planned 1250m

The Solar Impulse solar energy-powered aircraft made its inaugural international flight, landing safely in Brussels at 9:39pm on May 13 after completing a 12 hour, 59 minute journey. Flown by project CEO and former Swiss fighter pilot André Borschberg, the Solar Impulse left Payerne aerodrome in Switzerland at 8:40am before crossing France’s Alsace region toward

The fatal crash of a Avtex Air Services Fairchild Metro III VH-OZA off the NSW coast in 2008 was likely to have been caused by pilot spatial disorientation, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has determined. The Metro had just taken off from Sydney en route to Brisbane on a freight charter run on April

Jetstar has announced it will commence daily Auckland-Dunedin A320 services from July 14. Dunedin will become Jetstar’s fifth New Zealand destination, with flights to Auckland offering connections on Jetstar’s trans Tasman and daily Auckland-Singapore services. Qantas will also codeshare on the route. “Jetstar will grow the market between Dunedin and Auckland by 46 per cent,”