The World of Aviation

Auckland International Airport Limited (AIAL) has announced that it plans to make a NZ$125m (A$102m) public bonds issue during late October. The bonds will have a maturity term of five years, with the fixed interest rate to be announced prior to the offer opening later this month, with the issue expected to close in late

Air New Zealand CEO Rob Fyfe has labelled IBM’s service as “amateur” in an internal email following a major systems outage which affected the airline on October 11. The outage affected the airline’s check-in systems at airports across New Zealand, online bookings and call centres for seven hours from 0430 New Zealand time, affecting 10,000

Qantas has made a further investment in its Jetstar Pacific operation in Vietnam to allow the low cost carrier to continue with its growth plans, reports The Australian newspaper. The capital injection is understood to be less than $10 million into the carrier, which made its first month’s profit in July. Qantas currently owns 27

Regional Pacific Airlines has announced that it will add a fourth weekly service between Cairns and Mount Isa from November 3. The new service will be operated on Tuesdays, departing Cairns at 1500 and arriving in Mount Isa at 1645. The service will be operated by an Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia. “We are responding to our

Regional Express resumed its Melbourne-Griffith services on October 9, which were suspended in February 2008. The carrier will operate return services six times a week on the route, providing more than 20,000 seats per annum between the two cities.

A number of groups have come together to celebrate 100 years of powered flight in Australia, which are to be held at Diggers Rest, Victoria, between March 18-21 2010. The celebrations will coincide with the anniversary of famous escapologist Harry Houdini’s first flight of a powered aircraft in Australia on March 18 1910 at Diggers