The World of Aviation

Jetstar Asia will add more Singapore-Hong Kong services from May 14 as part of its growing operations. The airline will operate two additional services with 180-seat A320 on Friday and Saturday, aimed at weekend leisure as well as business travellers. The services are part of a wider push into the China/Pearl River Delta region by

Brindabella Airlines has announced that it will close its Brindabella Flight Training business, a moev which will leave Canberra without a flying school. “In recent years the business has become less and less commercially viable at Canberra Airport and there is no alternative airfield in Canberra to which we can move,” Brindabella Airlines CEO Jeff

Alliance Airlines has announced that it will base two Fokker 100s in Cairns from May as part of a greater push into northern Australia and the immediate international region. “We are a national company and we are a significant part of the resources industry infrastructure in Australia, and Cairns is the perfect base for our

A RAAF C-130H Hercules departed RAAF Richmond for Fiji this morning transporting pallets of tarpaulins, water purifying equipment and other supplies to support relief efforts following Cyclone Tomas, which has caused widespread damage across the Fijian islands. “Following a request from the Fiji government, Australian Defence Force’s Air Force is providing strategic airlift support to

A General Electric F414-GE-400 engine for the RAAF’s Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornets was tested in a new engine test cell at RAAF Amberley for the first time on March 8. The ‘un-installed engine test cell’ is managed by Tasman Aviation Enterprises.

Emirates president Tim Clark has sounded a warning to Airbus, threatening to order other aircraft if it delays the entry into service date for the A350 as happened with the A380. “We have clearly told Airbus that we will not accept again what they did to us with the A380,” said Clark at the ITB