Australian Aviation

Melbourne Airport has reported a surge in international passengers for April, recording a 20.4 per cent increase compared to the same period last year, while also tracking a smaller 3.5 per cent growth in domestic numbers. The new figures translate to a total of 535,143 international passengers and 63,165 domestic passengers for the month of

Three Sikorsky VVIP S-92 helicopters have been delivered to the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF), each equipped with the first LifePort medical systems ever fitted to the aircraft type.   Designated for special ‘Head of State’ missions, the RTAF took delivery of all three S-92s in April, and aircrews are in the process of undertaking

QantasLink has announced the addition of two new return services per week between Cairns and Weipa, with flights starting from June 27. The new flights, which will operate every Tuesday and Thursday, adds to the airline’s existing schedule of 12 weekly services (increased from 10 in February) on the Cairns-Weipa route, with an extra 200

Lufthansa Cargo has finalised an order for five Boeing 777 Freighters, in a deal reportedly worth US$1.35 billion at Boeing list prices. Confirming the airline’s announcement of its intention to order the aircraft in March 2011, Lufthansa Cargo chairman and CEO Karl Ulrich Garnadt, cited the 777 freighter’s “fuel efficiency” and small noise footprint as key

Global aircraft charter broker Chapman Freeborn has announced the launch of a unique iPhone application that will give business travellers immediate access to thousands of private aircraft available for charter around the world. Designed for “quick, accurate and executive-friendly ‘on-the-go’ charter enquiries”, ‘Private Jet’ provides important information for users requesting a specific chartered aircraft through their

Many operators have been working feverishly on their responses to the Productivity Commission (PC) inquiry into airport regulation. While the title is hardly riveting, this is one of the most important aviation inquiries announced by government in the past two decades. Since airports were privatised there has been a quantum shift in market power, with