Category: Australia

The Hong Kong-based carrier is the last to bring back its pre-COVID Adelaide route, which ended in March 2020. It will operate a seasonal service starting 11 November, flying three times per week on its 280-seat A350-900 fleet until 27 March next year.

The result for April comes as the wider Virgin group beat the Qantas Group for on time arrivals, departures and cancellations.

Speaking exclusively to the Australian Aviation Podcast, Greg Foran, who will depart Air New Zealand in October, said that with the benefit of hindsight, one thing he would have done differently was to “burn more cash” rather than try to cut costs.