Commercial Expected ILFC Orders Big Leasing company ILFC has ordered a total of 38 various Airbus airliners, including the first orders for the recently launched A330-200, and 18 additional Boeing 777s. ILFC’s Airbus order comprises 26 members of the widebody A330/A340 family — 13 of the new long-range A330-200 twins, one A330-300, and 12 A340-300s

Kiwi’s Big Expansion Plans Kiwi Travel International Airlines has announced major expansion plans based on the leasing of a 380-seat DC-10. The DC-10 will be the focus of Kiwi’s plans to begin operations out of Christchurch from July to Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, and Perth, and via Auckland to Perth. In addition, Kiwi has applied to

Under New Management The election of a new Federal Government complete with a significant mandate for change will hopefully be the breath of fresh air that aviation on every level so desperately needs. Gone in one fell stroke is Laurie Brereton, a minister who made few friends in his secondary portfolio of aviation and transport,

Time for a Change There are a lot of things one can argue about in life though one thing that almost every person in aviation readily agrees with is the concept that the present Minister for Transport/Aviation has not been good news for our industry. Well, thankfully we live in a democracy which of course