The World of Aviation

Australia’s two busiest airports have reported healthy growth in international passengers in May. Melbourne Tullamarine said overseas travellers rose 8.3 per cent in May 2016, compared with the prior corresponding period. There were large increases among visitors from Taiwan (up 75.1 per cent) and Singapore (up 57.7 per cent), while the number of Chinese arrivals

Virgin Australia has appointed a US-based aviation consultant to run its airline business under a new management structure. The airline has confirmed media reports that John Thomas, an Australian, will join Virgin as group executive of Virgin Australia Airlines, with responsibility for its domestic and international operations. Based in Boston, Thomas is currently a managing

  American Airlines’ arrival in New Zealand has received a traditional welcome after touching down in Auckland on Saturday morning. Flight AA83, operated by Boeing 787-8 registration N814AA, took off at about 2300 Thursday (local time) from Los Angeles and landed in Auckland a little over 12 hours later just after 0620 Saturday. The inaugural

The industry group representing Australia’s agriculture and firefighting pilots says the party that wins the upcoming federal election has a “massive task” ahead in building an improved relationship between the industry and the regulator. Aerial Application Association of Australia (AAAA) chief executive Phil Hurst says his organisation stood ready to give the new government its

Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Virgin Australia say they will develop systems to better recognise their high value guests travelling on each other’s networks as they seek a 10-year reauthorisation of their alliance. In their application to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to renew their alliance, which was lodged in May, SIA and Virgin

Airbus Defence and Space has ordered a full flight simulator (FFS) from Indra to support the training of A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) crews, stating that the aircraft’s success is driving a training requirement. The contract covers the installation at the Airbus Defence and Space International Training Centre in Seville, Spain of a Level D