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Qantas will resume limited Airbus A380 operations to Singapore and London from November 27 after what it calls an “intensive” inspection program for the aircraft’s Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines. “Together with the engine and aircraft manufacturers and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA), Qantas is now satisfied that it can begin reintroducing A380s to its

Regional Express has appointed aviation safety consultant Ron Bartsch as an independent director. Bartsch has held a range of operational, safety and regulatory roles in the aviation industry, including head of safety and regulatory compliance for Qantas and manager of the CASA Sydney Airline Transport Field Office. The the well known author of a textbook

Hawaiian Airlines will increase its Sydney-Honolulu service to daily during the peak April 6 to August 1 travel period next year, the airline has announced. The airline currently operates on the route four times a week, and will also revert to a five times weekly schedule from August 2 2011. All flights will be operated

LAN Airlines resumed daily flights between Sydney and Santiago on November 17, having cut services during the GFC. The flights are operated by 260 seat, two-class Airbus A340-300s, via Auckland.

Jetstar’s new Darwin-Manila flights will operate thrice weekly from February 9, the airline has announced. The flights, still subject to regulatory approval, will depart Darwin at 1900 on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays as JQ75, returning the same evening and landing the following morning as JQ76. Jetstar has launched marketing of the flights with $99 one-way

Melbourne Airport exceeded 2.5 million passenger movements in October, its highest figure yet for a single month, with 27 million passengers passing through the airport for the 12 months to the end of October, also a record. International passenger traffic through Melbourne is surging, up 14.3 per cent in October compared to October 2009 to