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Alliance Aviation says it is approaching the current year with confidence after a transition 2013/14 financial year where the charter and fly-in/fly-out airline operator posted a big drop in full year profit. Net profit after tax (NPAT) for the 12 months to June 30 2014 came in at $10.3 million, down 58 per cent from

On Tuesday, VH-OGG flew out from Sydney Airport to Victorville sporting a very different look from earlier this year when it was decked out with Disney characters for the movie Planes. Gone were Dusty Crophopper, Rochelle and El Chupacabra, while the Flying Kangaroo on the tail had also been removed. VH-OGG was delivered to Qantas

Airlines around the world eased back on growth in June amid escalating conflict in the Middle East, fears of an ebola outbreak and geopolitical tensions. Figures from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) showed airline passenger numbers, measured by revenue passenger kilometres, rose 4.7 per cent in June, compared with the prior corresponding period. This was

Singapore Airlines’s regional wing Silkair will add a sixth weekly flight to Darwin over the school holiday period. Silkair’s extra flight will run on Thursdays from December 4 2014 to January 29 2015, according to the Airline Route website. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading

Australia should have a greater slice of the global aerospace market and a new body is set to give local manufacturers a hand finding their place in the $50 billion industry. The META National Commercial Aerospace Hub brings together manufacturing businesses and researchers, along with Aviation/Aerospace Australia and will hope to increase Australia’s share of

Singapore Airlines has confirmed it will deploy the Airbus A380 on daily services to Auckland from October 27 for the northern winter scheduling period. A380s will operate the daily SQ285, which departs Singapore at 2050, arriving in Auckland at 1145 the next day, and the reciprocal SQ286, which departs Auckland at 1330, arriving back in