The World of Aviation

Singapore Airlines’ regional carrier SilkAir has increased capacity on Singapore-Cairns by 40 per cent with the start of daily services on the route.

Qantas will seek to reverse a draft ruling from Australia regulators denying the airline approval to allow Cathay Pacific to codeshare on flight between Australia and Hong Kong.

Singapore Airlines CEO Goh Choon Phong says approval from pilots, regulators and passengers is needed for SilkAir’s Boeing 737 MAX 8s to resume operations.

Airlines are collectively expected to post a decline in profit for the first time in three years in 2019 as trade tensions, rising fuel prices and a slumping cargo markets take their toll on the bottom line. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said on Sunday it expected airlines to earn US$28 billion in net

Some 1,000 aviation executives are heading Seoul after a difficult start to 2019 due to trade tensions, high fuel prices and a slumping cargo market.

This story from the Australian Aviation archives is from June 2010, when Geoffrey Thomas wrote about the disruption caused by the Eyjafjallajökull volcano.