The World of Aviation

Airbus and Singapore Airlines have officially opened a new joint-venture pilot training centre that when fully operational will train up to 10,000 pilots a year. The Airbus Asia Training Centre, which already numbers Qantas and Virgin Australia among its 17 airline customers, began operations at a brand new 9,250sq m site at Singapore’s Seletar Aerospace

Qantas’s shares have tumbled sharply after the airline group announced putting a brake on domestic growth in response to weaker-than-expected demand. On the domestic front, Qantas said it would cut capacity in the three months to June 30 2016, compared with the prior corresponding period, in response to the airline posting negative revenue per available

Newcastle Airport reopened for flights on Monday after storms that resulted in a collapsed roof caused the airport to be shut down on Sunday. Flights were operating into and out of Newcastle on Monday, despite some damage to the checkin area due to flooding. The airport, airlines and contractors had managed to establish temporary manual checkin

Pilot training and education company Airways Aviation has partnered with Southern Cross University to launch a Bachelor of Business (Aviation Management) and commercial pilot licence program. The partnership was launched at Airways Aviation’s Gold Coast facility on April 7. The three-year Bachelor degree includes two years of study at Southern Cross University’s Gold Coast campus,

Fares for the cheapest domestic tickets have risen slightly in April from where they were a year ago, new figures show. Business class and more flexible economy air fares have also risen, the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) monthly report on domestic ticket prices showed. In the report, the index measuring the

Sydney Airport chief executive Kerrie Mather was named as the 2016 recipient of the Aviation/Aerospace Australia chairman’s award at the industry body’s national awards night on Thursday. The awards, handed out at a dinner in Melbourne, also recognised Jetstar for its diversity program, Moorabbin Flying Services for its leadership in training and representatives of Boeing