The World of Aviation

Checkin luggage involving a connecting itinerary are about 10 times more likely to be lost or “mishandled” than bags checked in directly, new figures suggest. The findings are the result of a year-long look at international passengers’ bags departing from Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney airports commissioned by the Board of Airline Representatives of Australia

Sydney Airport has named a long time General Electric executive as its new chief executive, replacing Kerrie Mather. The company has announced Geoff Culbert, an Australian, will commence as its chief executive by the end of January 2018. Mather will continue in the role of chief executive until Culbert’s arrival, Sydney Airport said on Tuesday.

Airservices says the backlog of flights into and out of Sydney Airport should be cleared by early afternoon after resolving what the air traffic manager described as a software issue that left scores of passengers delayed on Monday morning. Airlines were forced to delay or cancel a number of flights after the fault was discovered

Hobart will have a new nonstop link to Queensland from December when Tigerair Australia begins flights to the Gold Coast. The four times weekly Hobart-Gold Coast offering takes off from December 7 2017, Tigerair said on Monday. The Virgin Australia-owned low-cost carrier (LCC) will be the only airline flying nonstop between Hobart and the Gold

A remotely-piloted aircraft collided with a US Army UH-60M Black Hawk while it was flying at 500ft over a residential neighbourhood on Staten Island, New York on September 23. Believed to be the first time a drone has collided with a helicopter in flight, the incident happened at about 1930 local time while two Black

Air New Zealand has scheduled a third year of seasonal flying to Ho Chi Minh City for 2018. The Star Alliance member commenced flights to Ho Chi Minh City in 2016, when it operated three flights a week with the now-retired Boeing 767-300ER between June and October. Ho Chi Minh City was Air New Zealand’s