The World of Aviation

In this feature story from the May 2019 edition of Australian Aviation, Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce says Project Sunrise will be like any other fleet decision.

Alliance Airlines says it will add three more aircraft to its Darwin base and recruit additional staff in response to growing demand from the tourism and mining sector.

The Qantas and Virgin Australia airline groups have signed a memorandum of understanding to help plan and design the new Western Sydney Airport.

Boeing chief financial officer Greg Smith says the 777-9X is still on track to begin flight tests later in 2019 despite the need for some re-testing work on the GE9X engines powering the aircraft.

Hong Kong’s privacy commissioner for personal data Stephen Wong says elements of Cathay Pacific’s IT systems were “too lax” in securing passenger data prior to a data breach.

Japanese firm Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is in talks to buy the CRJ program from Canada-headquartered Bombardier, both companies have confirmed.