The World of Aviation

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

Fair Work Australia has agreed to convene a full bench to hear the Australian and International Pilots Association (AIPA)’s argument that Qantas pay pilots employed by its New Zealand based Jetconnect subsidiary the same wages and conditions as it pays its Australian based pilots. AIPA claims that New Zealand based pilots employed by Jetconnect to

BAC Airports Pty Ltd, which operates Bankstown and Camden airports, has appointed Colin Grove to take over as the company’s CEO. Grove was until 2008 a senior manager at Sydney Airport Corporation Limited and prior to that was the national manager of leasing for the Federal Airports Corporation. He will take up the new role