QANTAS chief executive Geoff Dixon has tipped that 100,000 jobs will be lost in the global aviation industry by the end of the year.

AVIATION, industrial, retail and tourism sectors are tipped as the hot spots for employment in Port Stephens with about 10,600 new jobs expected in the next 20 years.

THE jobs of more than 150 former Ansett Australia staff have been secured by John Holland Aviation Services' acquisition of their employer.

LOW-cost carrier Jetstar could double operations at its new $29 million national maintenance base in Newcastle over the next five years, securing more high-skill aviation jobs.

THE HOWARD Government will intensify pressure on Qantas to keep its 2000 heavy maintenance jobs in Australia by making it cheaper for the national carrier to service its fleet onshore.