The World of Aviation

A new taxi call forward area at Brisbane Airport has been officially opened, with the new space providing parking for up to 350 taxis to wait before progressing to the terminals to collect passengers. The taxi call forward area houses state-of-the-art facilities for drivers, including approximately 350 fully shaded parking spaces for taxis to wait

Virgin Blue CEO John Borghetti has announced that the carrier will take on Airbus A330-200s for domestic flying, restructure the V Australia network, enter into a new relationship with Etihad Airways and dispose of its Embraer E-170 E-Jets as its full year net profit before tax came in within its guidance of $20-$40 million. The

Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce has announced that Qantas and Jetstar intend to add more than 66,000 seats per week to the domestic market over the next nine months in response to recovering conditions. “We are seeing improved demand domestically and the introduction of these additional services and aircraft will see the Qantas Group well

Regional Express Holdings has recorded a 7.2 per cent increase in profit after tax, with the aviation group aided by an increase in charter services and the government’s stimulus incentives. The group, which also includes its subsidiaries Pel-Air, Air Link and the Australian Airline Pilot Academy, achieved a new record with its profit after tax

Jetstar has announced plans to add more frequencies on a number of services to Cairns from early next year. From January 13, the airline will increase its services on the Gold Coast-Cairns route from three times per week to daily, while Brisbane-Cairns services will be boosted from three to four times daily. In addition, services

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has announced that it has validated the Maritime Wide Area Search (MWAS) mode for its Lynx Synthetic Aperture Radar/Ground Moving Target Indicator(SAR/GMTI) radar, which allows the sensor to detect and track small maritime vessels. The new MWAS mode was successfully demonstrated at the US Fleet Forces Command’s Trident Warrior 2010 experiment