Australian Aviation

Nikhil Ravishankar, who has been at the airline for almost five years, will succeed Foran when he leaves the post on 20 October. According to Air New Zealand, during his tenure Ravishankar has led major advances in the airline’s technology, Airpoints loyalty scheme, and customer proposition.

The Federal Court ordered Webjet to pay the penalties after it admitted to making false or misleading statements about the price of flights and booking confirmations between 2018 and 2023, having advertised prices that excluded compulsory fees.

ASG, which purchased Skytrans last year and expanded it into wet-leasing operations with Airbus A319s, is bringing the airline’s branding in line with other carriers it owns including EU-based SmartLynx Airlines and Thailand-based Thai SmartLynx.

Paul Abbate, former deputy director of the FBI, talks about the Scattered Spider, the importance of reporting, and how to train employees to spot social engineering attacks.

Ahead of his appearance at the Australian Aviation Summit, Andrew Warrender argued that key developments of this regulatory shift are still unfolding.  

An ATSB investigation into the incident revealed that one of the passengers described the aircraft as “rolling left and right” before “diving towards the water”.