Airports Council International’s World Airport Traffic Report says about 8.8 billion passengers passed through airports in calendar 2018.
Singapore Airlines has reported passenger growth of 6.5 per cent for the airline group for August. However cargo volumes fell 10.2 per cent.
Virgin Australia says it is seeking one of the two new slots available to Australian carriers for Tokyo Haneda airport to launch nonstop flights to Japan.
Qantas has unveiled plans to add a second daily service between Sydney and Tokyo Haneda and switch its Melbourne-Tokyo Narita nonstop flight to the close-in Tokyo airport.
Virgin Australia has opened applications for its aircraft maintenance engineer (AME) apprenticeship program, with the four-year course to begin in 2020.
Airbus is trialling new connected technologies to make airline operations more resilient, life easier for cabin crew and improve the passenger experience.