The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) has released its traffic data for April, showing strong demand for both passenger and freight services despite the disruptions to long haul European services due to the Icelandic volcano eruption. Passenger numbers for the month increased by 11.7 per cent compared to April 2009, with traffic for the
Fair Work Australia has agreed to convene a full bench to hear the Australian and International Pilots Association (AIPA)’s argument that Qantas pay pilots employed by its New Zealand based Jetconnect subsidiary the same wages and conditions as it pays its Australian based pilots. AIPA claims that New Zealand based pilots employed by Jetconnect to
BAC Airports Pty Ltd, which operates Bankstown and Camden airports, has appointed Colin Grove to take over as the company’s CEO. Grove was until 2008 a senior manager at Sydney Airport Corporation Limited and prior to that was the national manager of leasing for the Federal Airports Corporation. He will take up the new role
Boeing, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne and the US Air Force Research Laboratory will launch the scramjet powered X-51A WaveRider on May 25 from a B-52 off the coast of southern California. The WaveRider is expected to fly for five minutes powered by its scramjet (supersonic combustion ramjet) motor, accelerating to approximately Mach 6.0 to ride
Pilot and Australian Aviation contributor Owen Zupp has completed his ‘There and Back’ flight around Australia in a Jabiru J230D, with the aircraft returning to its starting point at Bundaberg on May 23. The charity flight, which was aimed at raising money for the Royal Flying Doctor Service and celebrating the centenary of powered flight
Tiger Airways Australia’s new managing director, Crawford Rix, will start work at the airline from June 1, the company announced on May 24. “Tiger Airways is moving from strength to strength, having recently broken even in its second full year of operations and shortly to launch its third base at Avalon in Victoria,” said Tiger
