The World of Aviation

Qantas has announced that it will introduce a range of Apple technology into its Qantas Club lounges across Australia, while it has also launched an iPhone application for its Frequent Flyer program. “We are launching Sydney Qantas Lounges with the new technology from today, Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne and Perth from November and Alice Springs,

The ATSB has released its first interim factual report into the uncontained engine failure on board Qantas Boeing 747-400 VH-OJP, noting that a number of turbine blades had separated from the engine, causing it to sustain extensive damage. The 747 was carrying 213 passengers on August 30 when it was operating a flight from San

The latest Domestic Airlines Activity report from the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) has shown that while passenger numbers across the domestic network increased strongly during August, stronger capacity growth led to a decline in load factor. For the month there were 4.6 million domestic passengers, which is an increase of 7.6

Qantas has again recorded the highest rate of on-time departures during September, according to the latest industry report from the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE). For the month Qantas recorded an on-time departure rate of 84.1 per cent. This was followed by Virgin Blue at 79.1 per cent, Jetstar at 76.4 per

Airservices Australia will be putting 18 trainee fire fighters through their paces over the next few weeks at Sydney Airport. The trainees will be involved in a range of aviation fire fighting skills and rescue procedures between October 25 and November 5. Airservices has warned the public not to be concerned about smoke, fire or

Delta Air Lines has announced that it will defer delivery of its first Boeing 787 until 2020, but maintains that it is still committed to its order of 18 787-8s. The US$2.2bn (A$2.21bn) order was inherited from Delta’s merger with Northwest Airlines, and instead Delta will focus on extending the life of its Boeing 747-400s