The World of Aviation

Skywest has released its May operating figures, showing that it had a 7.21 per cent increase in passengers on its RPT services for the month. The increase in passenger numbers helped to push up revenue passenger kilometres by 9.53 per cent, while capacity increased by 1.13 per cent. Load factor increased by four percentage points

Tiger Airways recommenced services to Darwin on June 18, with the carrier starting daily services from Melbourne for the peak tourist season. “The return of Darwin to our network is something we have been working on closely with Darwin Airport and Tourism NT,” said Tiger’s managing director Crawford Rix. “With six weekly flights commencing from

Hawker Pacific Asia’s operation at Malaysia’s Subang Airpark at the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport has become an authorised service centre for Hawker Beechcraft, making it the first facility to be authorised in Malaysia. “The number of King Air turboprops in this part of the world continues to grow as its reputation for versatility and

Boeing has announced that its fleet of five Boeing 787 Dreamliner flight test aircraft has amassed more than 1000 flying hours. The airframer said that the 787 is now about 40 per cent through the test conditions required for certification. “More work remains but we are seeing excellent progress in flight test,” said Scott Fancher,

There were 4.43 million domestic passengers in Australia during April 2010, representing a 5.1 per cent increased over the same time last year, according to data from the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE). The increase in passengers brought revenue passenger kilometres up by 4.1 per cent, while capacity increased by 5.8 per

Transport Minister Anthony Albanese has attacked the Coalition for referring legislation to increase aviation fuel excise to boost CASA’s resources to a Senate committee. “The Federal Coalition’s decision to refer the legislation off to a Senate committee is yet another example of their bloody minded opposition to everything, particularly given it has already been extensively