The World of Aviation

Tiger Airways Australia commenced services on the Melbourne-Cairns route on September 16. The carrier is currently operating daily return services on the route, providing an additional 130,000 seats per annum between Melbourne and North Queensland.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has blocked plans by Sydney Airport to raise terminal and parking charges for intra New South Wales air services which utilise Terminal 2. “Although Sydney Airport’s charges for regional airlines have not increased since 2001, there has been strong growth in demand, particularly in the number of passengers.

Former Virgin Blue CEO Brett Godfrey has been recruited to stand for election as a director to the board of Auckland Airport at its annual meeting on October 28. The airport is urging shareholders to vote in favour of Godfrey’s appointment. Godfrey is also a director of Canadian carrier WestJet.

South Australian independent Senator Nick Xenophon is planning to move for a Senate inquiry into pilot training standards, he announced in a speech to the Australian and International Pilots Association (AIPA) recently. In particular, Senator Xenophon expressed concern about the low levels of experience that commercial pilots are permitted to have. “It amazed me that

Boeing has announced a further revision to planned production rates on its 737 line, with 38 aircraft per month to be produced from the second quarter of 2013. Boeing said that the increase in production rate was a function of the strong backlog of over 2000 737s, as well as expected options exercises and ongoing

Strategic Airlines’ French subsidiary is fighting action by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation to revoke its air operator’s certificate following incidents earlier this year. The airline’s French operations involve two Airbus A320s and are overseen by the CEO of the Australian operation, David Blake. The airline became imbroiled in controversy in July after a