The World of Aviation

British Airways CEO Willie Walsh says that it and merger partner Iberia are looking at further acquisitions, raising the prospect that Qantas may again be a target for a merger with the European airlines. Walsh told the Financial Times that there were 12 potential targets of the International Airlines Group, which is the new holding

The Victorian government has scrapped plans to again lease a DC-10 Airtanker over the coming fire season, and will instead add a number of smaller aircraft to its fire fighting fleet. The DC-10, which is capable of carrying more than 40 tonnes of water or retardant, was brought into Victoria last summer in a joint

Caloundra aerodrome will remain at its current location after the Sunshine Coast Regional Council failed to win Queensland government support to move it. Moving the aerodrome was proposed as part of a major plan by the Council to turn the site into a new central business district for the town, with the aerodrome and its

Qantas has lost a High Court appeal to a ruling that it must pay potentially millions of dollars in commissions to travel agents that it tried to argue did not apply. Qantas had launched an appeal in the High Court to an earlier ruling in the Federal Court that it was liable to pay commissions

Garuda Indonesia has announced that it will lift frequencies on its Sydney-Jakarta services from three times weekly to daily from December 20. The flights will be operated by its A330-200s.

Boeing has begun assembly work on the 1000th 767 with the placement of the aircraft’s wing spar into its assembly tool. “This is an important milestone for the 767, which has continued to evolve and improve since entering service nearly 30 years ago,” said Kim Pastega, vice president and general manager of the 767 program.