Category: Airlines

Starting next year, training company UPRT Australia, with the support of QBE Insurance, will provide the training to Sharp Airlines pilots in a bid to reduce risk of loss of control inflight, said to be the leading cause of aviation fatalities around t…

VH-OYF landed in Melbourne on the evening of 10 June following a ferry flight from Toulouse via Muscat and Kuala Lumpur, and will undergo standard checks and modifications before entering service within the next few days. The airline’s 12th NEO, VH-OYK…

In a statement, the Singaporean flag carrier said it would pay US$10,000 (around $15,000) to passengers who suffered minor injuries on board the flight from London to Singapore last month, which hit turbulence over Myanmar and was forced to divert to B…

In a statement, Hall Chadwick confirmed all Bonza staff had been sacked and future flights cancelled. The administrator said it had guided “a number of interested parties through the sale campaign”, allowing them to conduct due diligence and formulate …

Employees were notified of their termination at a meeting on Tuesday morning. Should Bonza be liquidated, the terminations will allow staff to claim unpaid salaries through the government’s Fair Entitlement Guarantee.

The Australian Financial Review reports that a confidential meeting of creditors last week also heard the jobs of staff are set to be terminated imminently if a purchaser cannot be found.

A new domestic business lounge will be constructed in Adelaide, while the airport’s current Qantas Club and Chairman’s Lounge will be fully refurbished. The overhaul is part of a $100 million investment by Qantas in enhancing its lounges around the wor…

Commencing 13 December, the route will operate three times per week using Jetstar’s 787-8 Dreamliner fleet, and is tipped to add 190,000 inbound seats to Queensland over three years. It will be the only non-stop service between the two cities, roughly …