The World of Aviation

Jetstar has announced that it will expand its fare product offering on long haul flights with the launch of JetPlus fares. The new fare product, which will only be available on international services operated by its fleet of Airbus A330-200s, will include bundling of a portable video on demand unit, meal and drinks package and

Qantas chief financial officer Colin Storrie has announced that he will resign from the company and its board from March 5 to spend time with his family for personal and health reasons. “Colin Storrie has contributed greatly to Qantas maintaining a strong financial position during his time as CFO and before that as deputy CFO,”

A new bulletin released by the ATSB shows that unauthorised and unnecessary low level flying has resulted in the deaths of at least 12 people over the past 10 years. The bulletin, which is aimed at educating the flying community about the hazards of unauthorised low level flying, presents a number of case studies of

Former Qantas executive general manager John Borghetti has been appointed the new CEO of Virgin Blue effective May 8, succeeding the retiring Brett Godfrey. “We are delighted to have John join us,” Virgin Blue Holdings Limited chairman Neil Chatfield said in a March 2 statement. “He is a highly regarded executive with deep aviation experience

The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) says that demand is starting to recover in the Asia Pacific region, although airlines are also battling higher oil prices and underutilised capacity. Passenger numbers in the region showed an encouraging 8.1 per cent increase during January compared to the same month in 2009. Accordingly, RPKs increased by

The University of Queensland will lead a $14 million international consortium aimed at developing scramjet access-to-space systems capable of flying at speeds up to Mach 8. Chief investigator and project director Professor Russell Boyce of UQ said the project would answer key scientific and technological questions and build an industry-ready talent pool for a future