The World of Aviation

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

Emirates has announced that it will make Hong Kong its next A380 destination from October, making it the 11th A380 destination for the carrier. Starting on 1st October, Emirates A380s will operate daily from Dubai as EK384 via Bangkok with the return flight operating as EK385.The airline will also continue to operate a second daily

Newly established Tibet Airlines announced that it will order three Airbus A319s at a ceremony in Lhasa. The aircraft will be delivered in a two class 128-seat configuration and will be operated on flights within the region and across China.

Air New Zealand will more than triple the number of charter flights it operates to and from Japan over the southern summer as part of a partnership with Auckland Airport and Tourism New Zealand to boost arrivals from Japan. Between December 26 2010 and 3 April 2011, Air New Zealand will operate 14 return charter