The World of Aviation

Chief of Defence Force Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston has returned to work following a short period of leave to receive medical treatment, according to a statement from the Department of Defence. “I am pleased to be back at work following successful prostate surgery,” ACM Houston said. “I would like to thank all those who

The latest domestic airline on time performance report from the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) shows that Qantas had the highest rate of on time departures among the four major airlines during July. For the month, Qantas recorded an 82.8 per cent on time departure rate, followed by Jetstar at 82.7 per

RUAG Aerospace has announced that it has received EASA certification for the Do228 New Generation aircraft, with the first new build aircraft to be delivered to a Japanese customer shortly. The 19 seat Do228NG is based on the Dornier 228-212, but features Universal Avionics EFI890 glass displays, higher powered Honeywell TPE331-10 engines,  five blade MT

Tiger Airways will suspend some routes on its domestic Australia network from November as two aircraft are reallocated to its Singaporean operations. According to reports quoting an internal document sent to Tiger staff, the airline will cut its Adelaide-Brisbane and Adelaide-Gold Coast services from November 10. The airline will also reduce frequencies on the Adelaide-Melbourne

QantasLink has been forced to ground five Bombardier Q400s for up to a week from August 22 after cracks were discovered in a main landing gear component of the aircraft during an inspection. The inspections were instituted after advice from Bombardier following incidents experienced by another Q400 operator overseas. It is not known if the

Air New Zealand has been named as a plaintiff in a court case which aims to block Auckland International Airport Limited’s (AIAL) plan to buy a key shareholding in Queenstown Airport and form an alliance between the two airports. In separate court cases, Air New Zealand and the Queenstown Community Strategic Assets Group (SAG) Trustee