The World of Aviation

Indonesian carrier Wings Air, which is a subsidiary of Lion Air, signed a purchase contract on November 16 at the Dubai Airshow for 15 ATR 72-500s and options on 15 ATR 72-600s. Wings Air had signed an MoU for 10 ATR 72-500s with 10 options in November 2008, so the new contract represents an increase

Technical problems with the Amadeus system forced Qantas to delay a number of flights across Australia on November 16. The glitch is understood to have affected the airline’s check-in systems, and occurred at approximately 5pm ADST, causing delays to a number of flights. A Qantas spokesman said that the issue was quickly resolved and the

Tiger Aviation Group, which is the parent company of the Australian and Singaporean operations of Tiger Airways, is estimated to have posted a S$28m (A$21.6m) loss for the financial year to March. The privately owned low cost airline group is yet to lodge its annual accounts with Singaporean authorities, but equity accounting from Singapore Airlines,

Qantas has announced that it will operate three times weekly direct services between Darwin and Canberra from February 1 2010. “We are … certain that this new service will further enable tourism development opportunities between the two cities,” said Rob Gurney, Qantas Group executive commercial. “The new services are also timed to enable customers travelling

Local Cessna Citation distributor Aeromil Pacific has brought a Citation Sovereign business jet to Australia for demonstration flights as part of a wider regional tour. The aircraft came into Bankstown on November 15 from Indonesia after stops in Japan, the Philippines, Vietnam and Singapore, before heading on to Orange and Adelaide the next day. Cessna

Virgin Blue has apologised for a systems blunder on November 13 which saw many members of its Velocity loyalty program receive an email which mistakenly advised that they had been upgraded to Gold status. Many Velocity members received the email advising them of an upgrade to Gold status, which carries a number of benefits such