The World of Aviation

Qantas has announced that it will increase capacity on the Sydney-Tokyo route from July due to buoyant demand from leisure travellers and an expected increase in business traffic. Qantas currently operates daily services on the route with an Airbus A330-300, but from July 5 it will introduce two-class Boeing 747-400s on six of the services,

Federal cabinet’s National Security Committee has approved the upgrade of the RAAF’s fleet of 12 C-130J Hercules transports in service with 37SQN at Richmond, but a statement from Defence Minister Senator John Faulkner makes no mention of plans to acquire a further two of the aircraft. The $45 million upgrade will see the aircraft receive

Lufthansa Cargo and Austrian Airlines have entered into an agreement to increase the cooperation between the two companies, which will see Lufthansa Cargo become the leading global brand. Under the agreement, which takes effect from July 1, the two companies have agreed to “optimise” traffic flows and freight handling arrangements through their hubs in Frankfurt,

South African Airways has appointed Siza Mzimela as its CEO, effective April 1. Mzimela is currently the CEO of domestic carrier SA Express, and has extensive experience in managing airlines throughout Africa.

Defence will run a competitive tender process to select the Air 9000 Phase 8 Naval Combat Helicopter replacement for the RAN’s 16 S-70B-2 Seahawks and the 11 cancelled SH-2G(A) Seasprites, Defence Minister Senator John Faulkner has announced. Contrary to earlier reports and defence sources saying a sole-sourced contract for Lockheed Martin/Sikorsky’s MH-60R ‘Romeo’ would likely

Defence Minister John Faulkner has announced that the government has given second pass approval for the acquisition of seven CH-47F Chinooks for the Australian Army. The acquisition of additional Chinooks to initially complement and then replace the Army’s six existing CH-47Ds, which have been substantially upgraded in recent years to a standard not dissimiliar to the