Category: Airlines

Starting on 17 June, the flights will shift to Brisbane to “streamline operations” in a shared service with Sydney and Melbourne. The 747-8F has a cargo uplift of 135 tonnes per flight, complementing Cathay’s existing cargo capacity in passenger aircra…

Finnair will stand down 36 pilots from September 2025 to at least May next year, it confirmed in a statement, amid ongoing industrial action by its pilots’ union that has thus far been unable to reach a resolution.

In a damning report, the ATSB said complaints were received by CASA against Broome Aviation from both pilots and a passenger, one of which stated the mentality the owner and manager wasn’t “conducive to safe aviation practices”.

VH-UZI’s approach became unstable after the first officer accidentally pressed the wrong button, and the crew did not conduct a go-around, the ATSB found.

Hrdlicka, who stepped down from Virgin last month, will receive a fixed remuneration of $2 million per year when she succeeds current chief executive Ari Mervis on 1 January. As CEO of Endeavour, she will oversee a large portfolio of licensed hotels, a…

Flights with Emirates’ new Airbus A350-900ULR variant, which can stay in the air up to 15 hours, will launch on the EK440/441 Adelaide-Dubai service from 1 December, or earlier if the first of the planes comes sooner.

In a newsletter to NJE staff seen by The Australian, Lim, who bought the controlling share in the airline previously held by Rex before its collapse, said NJE would need to prepare for a decline in China’s need for resources “due to sluggish exports an…

Five per cent of domestic flights across all participating airlines were cancelled last month according to BITRE data, up from 2.6 per cent in February, with a hefty percentage coming from Cyclone Alfred and related airport disruptions from 5 to 11 March.

Australia’s first international passenger flight left Brisbane for Singapore on 17 April 1935 on a DH86 aircraft, carrying only two passengers on the three-and-a-half-day journey. According to Qantas, more than 273 million customers have since flown ac…