Gerard Frawley

Singapore Airlines (SIA) has sounded a note of caution about the recent rise in fuel prices after posting a healthy rise in net profit for the nine months to December 31 2017 amid stronger passenger and cargo flown revenue. Net profit for the period came in at S$711 million, SIA said in a regulatory filing

Alliance Airlines has forged a multi-year agreement to provide air charter flights in Australia for Japanese travel company JTB. The partnership was officially announced in Tokyo with Alliance Airlines chief executive Lee Schofield and JTB World Vacations president Toru Ikuta on Wednesday. The first flights under the deal is due to take place in April,

Textron Aviation says its midsize Cessba Citation Latitude business jet has received certification from Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) and the Civil Aviation Administration of China. The announcement was made at the Singapore Airshow on February 6, bringing to 43 the number of countries for which the aircraft has now been certified. The Citation

Business aviation start-up Airly says it has experienced steady growth since launching in the middle of 2017. Under the scheme, passengers take out an Airly membership, which then allows them to book seats on available flights operated by charter companies. The seats being offered for sale are either on “empty legs”, where an aircraft is

Qantas has revealed images of its fourth 787-9 in the paintshop at Boeing’s Everett facility just outside Seattle featuring a special Indigenous livery. Qantas says the new livery is based on a work by the late Northern Territory artist and senior Anmatyerre woman, Emily Kame Kngwarreye. Her 1991 painting, Yam Dreaming has been adapted for the aircraft

The aerospace arm of Singapore-based ST Engineering plans to begin trials of the Fountx_AsR wearable assisted technology developed by Australian firm TAE and the CSIRO. Fountx_AsR comprises a headset that includes a camera, microphone and eye-level display screen powered by a computer inside a backpack. The technology allows a qualified expert to remotely monitor and