The World of Aviation

The Queensland government announced as part of its budget on June 8 that it will provide an additional $1.64 million per year to assist Toowoomba Airport based CareFlight South West upgrade its part-time operations to a full time service. CareFlight Group Queensland CEO, Ashley van de Velde, said the new government funding is a major

Jetstar has announced that its first widebody routes from its Singapore long haul hub will be to Melbourne and Auckland from December and March respectively. The airline will operate daily direct services on the Singapore-Melbourne route with two class Airbus A330-200s from December 16, while direct daily flights to Auckland will commence on March 17

Dubai based Emirates Airline placed a remarkable order for 32 additional Airbus A380s at the ILA Berlin Airshow on June 8. The deal, the largest single order placed for the ultra-large airliner to date, takes Emirates’s total A380 firm commitments to 90, including the 10 delivered to date, and Airbus’s total A380 order book to 234

Tiger Airways Australia has announced that it will commence flights from its new base at Avalon Airport to Adelaide and Perth in November. The announcement comes only days after Tiger announced its first service from Avalon would be to the Gold Coast. The new flight to Adelaide will commence on November 10, with fares on

Regional Express has announced that it will implement a more business friendly schedule on the Griffith-Melbourne route from July 19. The new schedule sees the departure from Melbourne moved up from 10:30am to 5:00pm with the return flight from Griffith now departing at 6:30pm. The services will continue to operate every day except Saturday. “Rex

India’s Kingfisher Airlines has been formally invited to join the oneworld alliance, putting the airline into member-elect status as it marches towards achieving full membership later this year. The invitation follows the signing of a memorandum of understanding earlier this year between Kingfisher and oneworld which set forth a number of conditions for membership, including