The World of Aviation

China Southern plans to add Adelaide to its Australian network from December. South Australian premier Jay Weatherill said on Tuesday the state government had signed an in-principle agreement for nonstop flights between Adelaide and Guangzhou to begin in December, with the deal expected to be finalised shortly. The Airline Route website, quoting schedules filed with

Singapore Airlines (SIA) plans to return Airbus A380 services to Melbourne over the busy summer holiday period. One of SIA’s four daily flights between Melbourne and Singapore will switch to the four-class A380 featuring suites (first), business, premium economy and economy between October 30 and March 25 2017, the airline said in a statement on

Qantas has extended its partnership with Queensland’s peak tourism bodyfor a further three years in an agreement worth $9.78 million. Under the new deal, Qantas and Tourism and Events Queensland, would conduct joint marketing and promotion campaigns to attract more interstate and overseas visitors to the state. The pair said in a joint statement on

Korean carrier Jin Air plans to offer nonstop flights between Seoul (Incheon) and Cairns over a two-month period beginning December 14. The airline announced in late June it would add Australia to its growing network with twice weekly flights from Seoul to Cairns with Boeing 777-200ERs, after signing a memorandum of understanding with the Queensland

NEW ALLOCATIONS REGISTRATION/TYPE/SERIAL NUMBER/DATE/OPERATOR/PREVIOUS REGISTRATIONS ACY/4 Airbus EC135T2+ 1211 27/5/16 Boeing Defence Australia, 7/150 Charlotte St Brisbane Qld 4000 D-HECJ AOE/5 GippsAero GA8 Airvan GA8-16-231 17/6/16 GippsAero, PO Box 881 Morwell Vic 3840 ARL/5 Airbus EC135T2+ 1212 27/5/16 Boeing Defence Australia, 7/150 Charlotte St Brisbane Qld 4000 D-HECK EKB/4 PA-24-260 Comanche C 24-4936 1/6/16 Selkirk

  Melbourne and Sydney airports have posted strong growth in overseas travellers in 2015/16 as they benefitted from the lower Australian dollar and new overseas airline services, new figures show. In the 12 months to June 30 2016, Melbourne Tullamarine handled 9.2 million international passengers, up 9.5 per cent from the prior year. Melbourne Airport