The excise on aviation fuel for domestic use – both jet A-1/avtur and avgas – will increase under the federal government’s long awaited carbon tax plan, announced by Prime Minister Julia Gillard in Canberra today, with the increases set to cost the industry $930 million over four years. According to the government’s new www.cleanenergyfuture.gov.au website
Boeing has announced its commercial and defence aircraft deliveries for the second quarter of 2011. The company’s commercial division delivered a total of 94 737s during Q2, as well as 19 777s and five 767s. On the military side, the F/A-18E/F and EA-18G led the way with another 12 deliveries, while nine new build Chinook
Finnair has appointed Geoff Stone as the airline’s new country sales manager Australia, effective from July 18. An industry veteran, Stone has held senior sales management positions at All Nippon Airways and Malaysia Airlines.
The Tiger Airways crew of a flight that descended below the minimum safe altitude on approach to Melbourne Airport on June 7 “did not notice” a disparity for that altitude between the paper approach chart they were using and the database in the aircraft’s FMGS (flight management guidance and envelope system), an ATSB preliminary report
Tiger Airways Australia CEO Crawford Rix has stood down in the wake of CASA’s descision to seek to extend the grounding of the airline through to August 1. “Tiger Airways Australia’s current CEO, Mr Crawford Rix, will leave the airline on 31 July 2011,” the airline said in a statement issued late in the evening
Qantas 747-400 VH-OJO has been spotted wearing special markings to promote the airline’s ‘Great Crusade’ marketing campaign in support of the upcoming Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. It is the second aircraft to wear Great Crusade markings, after Jetconnect operated 737-800 ZK-ZQF. The ‘Great Crusade’ is a competition for rugby fans to win places
