The World of Aviation

The former CEO and owner of collapsed Brisbane based carrier SkyAirWorld, David Charlton, is to be questioned by the company’s liquidator over allegations that the company was trading while insolvent. SAW’s liquidator Peter Lucas has told The Courier Mail that he was planning to question Charlton and five other stakeholders in the defunct company in

British Airways cabin crew have started a series of strikes after the Unite union had an injunction against it overturned on appeal. The cabin crew commenced a five day strike on May 24, with the airline saying that it plans to operate 60 per cent of its long haul flights and more than 50 per

The New South Wales government is helping to fund a $2 million upgrade to Scone Airport which is expected to boost local businesses in the Upper Hunter region. The upgrades will include an extension of the runway, construction of an additional taxiway and improved drainage around the airfield. The upgrades will support 54 direct jobs

Auckland International Airport recorded a 7.9 per cent increase in domestic passengers for April, which helped to offset a flat month for international passengers. The airport processed 512,108 domestic passengers despite the number of domestic aircraft movements falling by 0.4 per cent over the same month in 2009. The airport noted that the increase in

The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) has released its traffic data for April, showing strong demand for both passenger and freight services despite the disruptions to long haul European services due to the Icelandic volcano eruption. Passenger numbers for the month increased by 11.7 per cent compared to April 2009, with traffic for the

New passenger data from the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) shows that the number of domestic passengers increased by 6.1 per cent during March to 4.49 million passengers. Revenue passenger kilometres increased by 5.0 per cent for the month compared to the same month in 2009, while capacity in ASKs rose by