The World of Aviation

Melbourne Airport has recorded an 11.8 per cent increase in passengers during September, driven by significant growth in international traffic. International traffic at the airport totalled 519,042 passengers for the month, representing a 15.7 per cent increase compared to September 2009. The airport said that Asian passport holders helped to drive the growth, particularly Malaysian

Cessna has launched its new Citation Ten, a larger and more advanced version of the Citation X high performance business jet featuring a new Garmin G5000 avionics suite and new Rolls-Royce engines. “The launch of the Citation Ten is an example of our commitment, repeated throughout the recent downturn, to new product development, and it’s

British Airways has exercised two options for Embraer E-190s for operation by its CityFlyer regional subsidiary. By the end of the first half of 2011, CityFlyer will operate seven E-190s and six E-170s.

Skywest is planning to start flights between Broome and Singapore according to its annual report, which also showed a strong increase in net profit for the year ending June 30. In the chairman’s statement within the annual report, Skywest chairman Jeff Chatfield writes that the airline has had its air operator’s certificate (AOC) recently amended

Piper Aircraft has announced that it has enlarged the fuselage of the single-engine PiperJet , which will now be known as the PiperJet Altaire as it repositions the aircraft away from the very light jet segment and into the business aircraft market. “While the earlier PiperJet design, with its Piper M-class cabin cross section (which

Launceston Airport has recorded a one per cent growth in passenger traffic for the first quarter of the 2010/2011 financial year. Over the three months, 268,000 passengers passed through the airport compared to 266,000 over the same quarter in the previous year. Despite the low rate of growth, Launceston Airport general manager Pamela Graham said