The World of Aviation

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  GE Australia has signed up with Qantas’s carbon offset program Future Planet. The engine manufacturer has committed to support Qantas’s efforts to offset carbon emissions from its flights through backing projects around the world. Qantas head of environment Alan Milne said this latest partnership extended a relationship with GE that stretches back many years,

The Royal Australian Navy’s only fixed-wing aircraft, its contractor-operated Dash 8 Laser Airborne Depth Sounder (LADS) platform is due to arrive in New Zealand on Thursday to survey part of the earthquake-hit South Island’s coastline. Defence said in a statement on Thursday that the aircraft will conduct a hydrographic survey of the sea floor in the coastal margins

German-based airberlin has added New Zealand to its offline network thanks to new codesharing arrangements with Virgin Australia for trans-Tasman services. The expanded codeshare agreement covers 10 routes from Australia to five New Zealand destinations, airberlin said in a statement on Wednesday (European time). The move follows an earlier agreement for airberlin to place its

Sunshine Coast Airport has underlined its status as Australia’s fastest growing airport by reaching the one million passenger mark in a 12-month period for the first time. The airport, located about 100km north of Brisbane, announced that it had reached the milestone on Wednesday. Figures from the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE)

It was a tight bunch at the top of the punctuality tables in October, with Virgin Australia and its regional arm taking the honours for on-time performance. Figures from the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) showed Virgin Australia regional had the highest percentage of on-time arrivals in October with 85.2 per cent