The World of Aviation

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

Boeing has delivered the first 777-300ER for lessor Guggenheim Aviation Partners, which has leased the aircraft to Korean Air, making it the 25th 777 for the airline. Guggenheim is also scheduled to take delivery of five additional 777s.

The US Federal Aviation Administration and European Aviation Safety Agency have certificated the turbocharged Gippsland Aeronautics GA8-TC 320 Airvan. Several GA8-TC 320 Airvans have already been delivered to customers in Australia, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea, while one is already in Europe where it will shortly be registered in France to skydive operator ChuteXtrem.

Tiger Airways Australia has announced that it will start services from Adelaide to Brisbane from March 2010, continuing a set of new route announcements by the Singaporean owned carrier. The carrier will operate a daily service on the route from March 28 2010, with launch fares starting from $98 one way, and comes after the

Victoria’s coalition leader Ted Ballieu announced on November 7 that the state would launch a bid to host the Australian leg of the Red Bull Air Race from 2013. The Coalition government is preparing a proposal which would see the Air Race held in Geelong over the southwest corner of Corio Bay, with key vantage

Professional engineers at Qantas have voted to impose overtime and out-of-hours callout bans after reaching an impasse with the airline on wage negotiations. Members of the Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers, Australia (APESMA) in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne, which represents approximately 130 professional engineers at Qantas, voted in favour of the bans on