The World of Aviation

Australia’s competition watchdog says the “excessive” fees airlines impose when passengers cancel flights is a major cause of complaint among the travelling public and a potential breach of the nation’s consumer laws. The findings were part of an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) report, Airline: Terms and Conditions, published on Wednesday. ACCC chairman Rod

Hainan Airlines has added a fourth destination to its route network with the start of nonstop service to Cairns. The inaugural flight, HU745 operated by Airbus A330-200 B-5963, landed at the North Queensland city a little after 0800 local time on Wednesday, after a seven-hour journey from Shenzhen. After about two and a half hours

While scores of airlines around the world are adding fees and charges for all sorts of ancillary items, Japanese flag carrier All Nippon Airways (ANA) is bucking the trend by saying it will offer free onboard internet Wi-Fi and seat-back inflight entertainment on the bulk of its domestic fleet. The rollout of free Wi-Fi was

Boeing has revealed its surprising late contender for the US Navy’s MQ-25 unmanned aerial refuelling system requirement. After teasing the aviation world  by Tweeting an image of the stealthy aircraft with a black sheet over it a few days ago, Boeing released a single image of its MQ-25 contender on December 19, which shows few

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce will take ministerial responsibility for aviation matters following a cabinet reshuffle. Joyce, who was recently re-elected back into Parliament after being ruled ineligible when it was discovered he was a dual citizen, is the new Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. The Nationals leader, Member for New England in the House

Lockheed Martin says it has delivered the 66th F-35 Lightning II aircraft for 2017, thereby meeting its delivery target for this year. To date, more than 265 of the fighters have been delivered to US and international customers, the company stated, and the F-35 fleet had surpassed 115,000 cumulative flight hours. Deliveries in 2017 increased