The World of Aviation

Boeing expects Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific to require an additional 25,000 pilots and aviation professionals over the next two decades to meet the growing demand for air travel. The manufacturer’s 2015-2034 Boeing Pilot and Technician Outlook forecasts a need for 12,000 new pilots and 13,000 new maintenance engineers (technicians) in the region as

Boeing has announced that it delivered the seventh CH-47F Chinook to the Australian Army on August 10, within budget and three weeks ahead of schedule. The seven advanced helicopters acquired under the AIR 9000 Phase 5C Medium Lift Helicopters project, which will replace Army’s existing CH-47D variants, were ordered as part of a Foreign Military

The federal government has decided to extend into eastern Syria airstrikes against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) targets carried out by Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) aircraft. “This marks the next phase of Australia’s contribution to the international coalition effort to disrupt, degrade and ultimately defeat the Daesh [ISIL] death cult,” Prime

Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce says slot restrictions at the busy Chek Lap Kok Airport makes it difficult to grow the airline’s service to Hong Kong. The Flying Kangaroo has managed to secure slots to add four additional flights a week between Sydney and Hong Kong from October on top of the airline’s existing daily

Regional carrier Jetgo is expanding its regular public transport (RPT) network to Victoria with nonstop service between Dubbo and Melbourne to begin in late October. It will be the only nonstop flight from Dubbo to Melbourne, with the new thrice-weekly offering scheduled to run on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays with 36-seat Embraer ERJ-135 regional jets. Jetgo managing

British Airways (BA) has celebrated the the occasion of The Queen becoming the UK’s longest reigning monarch with a look back at some of the trips Her Majesty has taken on board the UK flag carrier during her six decades on the throne. Queen Elizabeth II has travelled extensively on British Airways and predecessors BOAC