The World of Aviation

A Qantas Boeing 747-400 will take off from Sydney on November 14 with 300 sick, disabled and disadvantaged children, plus former Olympic sprinter Cathy Freeman, for a joyflight. Organised by the Rotary Club of Turramurra, the 90 minute flight will take the children over New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. The lucky children

Qantas CEO Alan Joyce has outlined his airline’s ‘Airport of the Future’ initiative, which plans to speed up the check-in and baggage claim processes for domestic passengers while at the same time increasing terminal efficiency. “Our research with our domestic customers has told us that airport check-in today is nothing less than ‘a point of

The International Transport Workers Federation was expected to pass a motion on November 11 which could impose restrictions on loading and unloading of baggage on Jetstar flights around Australasia. The ITF says that Jetstar and parent company Qantas have failed to act on a number of grievances raised by the Transport Workers Union, such as

Hawker Pacific has signed a contract with the Defence Material Organisation to supply and support King Air 350s which will be used as an interim replacement for the reently retiring Caribou tactical transport fleet. The turnkey lease and support contract will see the provision of eight modified King Airs for the RAAF Air Lift Group,

Qatar Airways was named ‘World’s Leading Airline – Business Class’ at the 16th World Travel Awards in London on November 10. It is the second year in a row that the airline has won the award, which is decided by thousands of travel professionals from over 180,000 travel agencies, transport companies and tourism organisations in

Jetstar has announced that it will operate additional flights to Hobart and Launceston over the summer season to cater for additional demand. Between January 2-31 and March 1-27, the airline will operate three additional services each week on the Brisbane-Launceston route, which will bring it up to a daily service during those periods. The airline