Category: Airlines

Qantas and QantasLink services saw a 74.7 per cent on-time arrival and 75.4 per cent on-time departure rate for October 2024, according to the latest BITRE data, compared to 70.9 per cent on-time arrivals and 71 per cent on-time departures for the Virg…

Speaking at the Australian Airports Association conference in Brisbane, Hrdlicka said Virgin operating its own long-haul international services would be “at least six or seven years away”, but that the wet-lease arrangement would likely see Virgin pilo…

The Fijian flag carrier will operate three return 737 MAX 8 services between Cairns and Nadi per week starting 10 April, marking the first non-stop service between Fiji and northern Queensland.

The “Somewhere Over the Tasman” campaign features Fisher meeting and befriending a young girl travelling solo on an Air New Zealand flight, which the airline says is designed to highlight its “famous Air New Zealand hospitality”.

Announced last year, the facility in St Peters, near Sydney Airport, houses five full-flight simulators, several fixed flight training devices (FTDs) and 10 classrooms. More equipment, including an A330 FTD and Australia’s first A350 simulator, is expe…

Virgin has also confirmed in a submission to the ACCC that codesharing with long-time partner Singapore Airlines would extend only to flights to and from Asia, though unlike with Etihad, this would not affect frequent flyer benefits.

The carrier’s CEO, Alistair Dorward, argued any support should be offered to the industry as a whole to ensure an “even playing field for all operators”.

The deal is a significant breakthrough for the Flying Kangaroo in its bid to encourage Air New Zealand flyers to switch to Qantas services.

The industry body argued the amount is a “significant sum” to its smaller members, who would likely only receive a fraction of the money should the carrier be eventually liquidated.

The tool, used to turn an engine compressor on VH-OQI during borescope inspections, is believed to have been left inside during routine maintenance on 6 December 2023 and was not found until a scheduled maintenance check at LAX on 1 January 2024, almos…