Australian Aviation

Auckland International Airport recorded a 7.9 per cent increase in domestic passengers for April, which helped to offset a flat month for international passengers. The airport processed 512,108 domestic passengers despite the number of domestic aircraft movements falling by 0.4 per cent over the same month in 2009. The airport noted that the increase in

Skywest Airlines tripling its fleet in two years and now introducing A320s. Alliance Airlines buying eight more F-100s. Strategic Airlines introducing A320s in WA. Noise groups lobbying for curfews. Perth Airport playing catch up. This is the face of air travel in Western Australia as the state’s government, councils, airports and airlines strive to keep

New passenger data from the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) shows that the number of domestic passengers increased by 6.1 per cent during March to 4.49 million passengers. Revenue passenger kilometres increased by 5.0 per cent for the month compared to the same month in 2009, while capacity in ASKs rose by

Rhinos to reinforce ‘world’s best small air force’ The arrival of the RAAF’s first five F/A-18F Boeing Super Hornets (Rhinos) on March 26 was an historic and very proud day for the Air Force. I and everyone in the Air Force had been eagerly awaiting their arrival since the first Australian Super Hornet rolled off

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

Queensland Airports Limited has released its traffic figures for April 2010 showing that the group, which operates Gold Coast, Townsville and Mount Isa airports, handled 10.3 per cent more passengers than the same time last year. Each airport recorded an increase over the month, led by Mount Isa which was up 19.5 per cent, Gold