The World of Aviation

The progressive addition of new aircraft and new routes means Tiger Airways Australia’s winter 2011 schedule will offer 20 per cent more capacity than the airline’s winter 2010 schedule. For the winter schedule between April and November Tiger will increase its 13 weekly Melbourne to Perth flights to 20 with a new daytime daily service,

Bill Horrocks has been appointed as CEO of Aviation Australia. Appointed as acting CEO in September 2010 following the resignation of Paul Bredereck, “Bill has been selected by the board of Aviation Australia to lead the company through a period of renewed growth and to reshape the company to meet the challenges of the external

Secor completed its purchase of a minority holding in Hawker Pacific late last year. A wholly owned subsidiary of marine and aviation assets company Secor Holdings Inc, Seacor Capital became a minority shareholder of Hawker Pacific with a $25 million investment. In return, Hawker Pacific has provided newly issued common equity, allowing Seacor to appoint

Air New Zealand’s new All Black A320 aircraft will touch down at Auckland airport for the first time this afternoon, signalling the start of the airline’s domestic fleet renewal. The aircraft (ZK-OAB), is due to arrive in Auckland at 3:30pm NZDT time this afternoon, after making a three day journey from the home base of

Qantas is to codeshare on 11 Jetstar Asia routes out of Singapore from April 1. Subject to regulatory approval, Qantas will codeshare on Jetstar Asia (including Valuair) services from Singapore to Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Osaka (via Taipei), Penang, Phuket, Taipei, Bangkok, Denpasar (Bali), Ho Chi Minh City, and Hong Kong, as well as to Auckland. Jetstar

The last Lockheed Martin F-35B development aircraft made its maiden flight on January 28, taking off from Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base. The STOVL jet, BF-5, has been assigned to developmental flight testing, and will ferry to NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, later this year, where it will join four other F-35Bs and