The World of Aviation

Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport has officially been designated as an international airport ahead of regular freighter services beginning later in November. The official designation as a regional international gateway was made on Friday, paving the way for more overseas flights from the airport located just outside Toowoomba about 150km west of Brisbane. Being a regional

Ticket prices for Australian domestic travel across all cabin classes were higher in November, new figures show. The Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) measure of domestic business class airfares was at 94.9 index points in November, up from 91.2 points a year earlier. The measure has risen for the past 15 months on

Runway repairs at Jakarta Airport have forced Singapore Airlines (SIA) to postpone the launch of its Sydney-Jakarta-Singapore service. The new flights were due to take off from November 23 and operate three times a week with Boeing 777-200ER equipment featuring 26 business class seats that offer direct aisle access and 245 economy class seats. SIA

Qantas has called on the Australia’s International Air Services Commission to (IASC) to reverse course and approve in full its proposed codesharing arrangements with Air Niugini on Australia-Papua New Guinea routes. In October, the IASC said in a draft decision the two carriers would be able to codeshare on the Sydney-Port Moresby route (operated by

French aerospace and defence company Safran Power Units will build engines using components made from 3D printer technology developed by Monash University researchers. Amaero Additive Manufacturing, the specialist engineering company created by Monash University, has signed a deal to produce auxiliary power units and turbojet engines  at Safran’s Toulouse manufacturing facility. The company said it would relocate

  Federal police are seeking public help to uncover who is behind 15 unauthorised radio transmissions with aircraft and air traffic controllers at Melbourne and Avalon airports. The Australian Federal Police says it is investigating the rogue radio broadcasts that have occurred at the two airports in recent weeks. In a joint-statement with the Australian Communications and