The World of Aviation

Skywest has announced that it has appointed Alan Stuart as its general manager of sales and marketing. Stuart comes to Skywest with 20 years of industry experience, including holding senior roles at Qantas, Serco and Great Southern Railway. “This new role offers the opportunity to tackle new challenges, achieve business milestones and build on Skywest’s

Tiger Airways Australia’s new managing director, Crawford Rix, will start work at the airline from June 1, the company announced on May 24. “Tiger Airways is moving from strength to strength, having recently broken even in its second full year of operations and shortly to launch its third base at Avalon in Victoria,” said Tiger

Asiana Airlines has been named the world airline of the year in the 2010 Skytrax World Airline Awards, while Air New Zealand was awarded for best airline in the Australia-Pacific region, ahead of Qantas and V Australia. “When evaluating the survey results, the real strength that was shining through for Asiana Airlines is their front-line

Transport Minister Anthony Albanese officially opened the newest Aviation Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) station at Sunshine Coast Airport on May 21. “This station will provide aviation fire fighters with a state-of-the-art facility to allow them to do their job efficiently and effectively. It will also allow them to keep their skills current and their

CASA has assigned a set frequency for aircraft operating in Lake Eyre to reduce congestion on other frequencies as a result of the increased sightseeing traffic through the area. Aircraft operating in the region are required to use 127.8 MHz as the broadcast area frequency from May 1 until October 31. The region covered by

Qantas had the highest rate of on time performance during April, in a month when the industry average was slightly lower than the long term average. Qantas had an on time departure rate of 89.4 per cent for the month, followed by Virgin Blue at 86.9 per cent, Jetstar at 85.9 per cent and Tiger