The World of Aviation

Qantas has lodged an application with the International Air Services Commission (IASC) seeking unlimited capacity and frequency for cargo services to South Korea. In its application, the airline states that it plans to operate services on a Sydney-Seoul (Incheon)-Anchorage-Chicago service utilising a Boeing 747-400 Freighter operated by Atlas Air. The IASC has made a call

Austrian Hannes Arch has been declared the winner of the Rio de Janeiro leg of the Red Bull Air Race after bad weather caused race officials to call off racing midway through the Top 12 round on May 9. As a result of the bad weather, championship points were awarded based on the qualifying sessions

Virgin Blue, Qantas, Jetstar and Regional Express have been commissioned to provide travel services for the whole of Australian government, which is aiming to slash $160 million in travel costs over the next four years. Under the new arrangements, which will take effect from July1 this year, the four carriers will compete for their share

Boeing began assembly of the first passenger 747-8I Intercontinental last week with the loading of wing panels and spars in assembly tools at its Everett plant. Delivery of the first 747-8I is due in late 2011 to Lufthansa, preceded by delivery of the first 747-8F Freighter to launch customer Cargolux, which is due to take

Airlines PNG has announced that it is wet leasing a Lockheed L100 Hercules to provide outsize cargo lift for a liquefied natural gas project. In an arrangement with Alaskan based Lynden Air Cargo and Australian charter broker Adagold Aviation, Lydnen will operate the Hercules under the operational surveillance of Airlines PNG. The aircraft will be

A number of unions representing airport and airline workers have joined together to launch the Australian Aviation Unions Federation, which aims to become the major mouthpiece for Australian aviation workers. The AUF was launched on May 6 by the Transport Workers’ Union, the Flight Attendants Association of Australia (FAAA) and the Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers