Jetstar to add more Hobart flights
Jetstar has announced that it will increase capacity on services from Melbourne and Sydney to Hobart from December by over 30 per cent. The airline will add a daily frequency to its Sydney-Hobart and Melbourne-Hobart services from December 6, taking it to three and five times daily respectively. The new services will put an additional
All Nippon switches 15 787-8s to -9s
All Nippon Airlines (ANA) has become the latest carrier to convert some of its 787-8s on order to the larger -9 variant. ANA has converted orders for 15 787-8s to the -9, although it still has 50 787-8s on order. According to a statement from the carrier, the -9’s will be used to “meet the
Pionair wins PNG cargo rights
The International Air Services Commission (IASC) has issued an interim determination which will allow Pionair to operate two weekly cargo services from Brisbane and Cairns to Port Moresby and other destinations in Papua New Guinea. The carrier has been granted a cargo capacity allocation of 12 tonnes per week on the Papua New Guinea route
Virgin Blue to freeze online check-in
Virgin Blue has announced that it will shut its web and kiosk check-in services from October 5-7 as the airline transitions to its primary check-in system following a hardware failure during the previous week. Virgin CEO John Borghetti said in a statement that the initial problem which caused chaos at airports around the country on
Strategic wins in Indonesia rights stoush
Strategic Airlines looks set to significantly increase its services to Bali after it was granted the lions’ share of available capacity on the Indonesia route following a competition with Qantas and Pacific Blue for new capacity which became available earlier this year. In three draft determinations issued on September 29, the International Air Services Commission
Bredereck leaves Aviation Australia
Brisbane based aviation training centre, Aviation Australia, has a new acting CEO following the sudden departure of founding CEO, Paul Bredereck in late September. “I wish to inform you that after more than nine years as CEO, Mr Paul Bredereck has left Aviation Australia,” said Aviation Australia chairman Jim Walker in a statement. “All of
