Australian Aviation

Jetstar has announced that it will increase capacity on services from Melbourne and Sydney to Hobart from December by over 30 per cent. The airline will add a daily frequency to its Sydney-Hobart and Melbourne-Hobart services from December 6, taking it to three and five times daily respectively. The new services will put an additional

All Nippon Airlines (ANA) has become the latest carrier to convert some of its 787-8s on order to the larger -9 variant. ANA has converted orders for 15 787-8s to the -9, although it still has 50 787-8s on order. According to a statement from the carrier, the -9’s will be used to “meet the

The International Air Services Commission (IASC) has issued an interim determination which will allow Pionair to operate two weekly cargo services from Brisbane and Cairns to Port Moresby and other destinations in Papua New Guinea. The carrier has been granted a cargo capacity allocation of 12 tonnes per week on the Papua New Guinea route

Strategic Airlines looks set to significantly increase its services to Bali after it was granted the lions’ share of available capacity on the Indonesia route following a competition with Qantas and Pacific Blue for new capacity which became available earlier this year. In three draft determinations issued on September 29, the International Air Services Commission

Boeing has announced yet another delay to the delivery of the first 787 Dreamliner, with All Nippon Airlines now expected to take delivery of the aircraft in the middle of the first quarter of 2011. In a statement, Boeing announced that the revision to the delivery date “follows an assessment of the availability of an

Commercial 787 delivery pushed to 2011 Boeing has announced yet another delay to the delivery of the first 787 Dreamliner, with All Nippon Airlines now expected to take delivery of the aircraft in the middle of the first quarter of 2011. In a statement, Boeing announced that the revision to the delivery date “follows an