Australian Aviation

The Czech government has signed a Declaration of Intent with Embraer which could see it order at least two KC-390 military transport jets and likely to open the way for Czech industry involvement in the program. The signing follows similar interest from Colombia, Chile, Portugal and Argentina for the jet transport, which has been designed

AirAsia X has announced that it will launch three times weekly services from Kuala Lumpur to Tokyo’s Haneda Airport from December 9. The route will be operated by its newly reconfigured Airbus A330-300s.

LAN Airlines has announced that Mauricio Hughes has been appointed to the new role of Sydney Airport operations and contract manager. Hughes has been with LAN for five years in roles including process management, passenger systems, and airport management, and in his new role will take responsibility for all aspects of LAN’s Sydney Airport operations.

Brisbane Airport says that passenger traffic through the airport has bounced back to levels experienced prior to the global financial crisis, with August traffic up 7.8 per cent. The increase was driven a strong growth in domestic passengers, which were up 8.4 per cent while international traffic also recorded a pleasing growth of 5.7 per

The Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics’ (BITRE) latest air fare index report shows that discount and restricted economy fares during September were lower than the same time last year, while business class airfares increased slightly. The Best Discount index came in at 67.9 compared to 78.5 for September 2009, while the Restricted Economy

The entire fleet of Eurofighters in service with the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, Austria and Saudi Arabia have been grounded to accommodate a fix to the fighter’s ejection seat. The grounding follows an accident in Spain in August which resulted in the death of a Saudi pilot whose parachute reportedly separated from his seat after