South African Airways has cut its lead-in fares on flights to Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town to $1741 from Perth, $1795 from Adelaide and $1961 from the east coast. The fares are available until November 30 for travel from October 21-November 30, January 16-March 31 and August 1-November 30. “People can travel from any city

Skywest Airlines has recorded a profit of S$3.179m (A$2.46m) for the 2008/09 financial year, a 65 per cent drop on the previous year’s result. The profit came on revenues of S$180.85m (A$140.34m), down two per cent ,while costs increased by two per cent to S$90.17m (A$69.97m). “The financial results are entirely satisfactory given several compounding issues:

Virgin Blue has hit back at claims by the Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association (ALAEA) that the airline is being lax with its maintenance practices following an incident on a Boeing 737-800 which was taxiing at Melbourne Airport on October 20. According to newspaper reports, ALAEA federal secretary Steve Purvinas claimed that one of the

FlightSafety and Hawker Beechcraft have teamed up to offer MxPro training courses at FlightSafety’s new Maintenance Training Center at Wichita, Kansas, from November 9. The basic MxPro course will be taught by both HBC and FlightSafety instructors and incorporates two weeks of classroom and one week of hands-on instruction. It utilises a variety of methods

Thai Airways International will focus on providing more value for passengers under new president Dr Piyasvasti Amranand, who commenced his term on October 20. Piyasvasti, who has a PhD from the London School of Economics and is a former Minister for Energy, said he wants to bring his experience to turn around the loss-making airline.

Melbourne Airport announced on October 20 that total passenger numbers for the first quarter of the current financial year increased three per cent, driven primarily by strong international growth. International passenger numbers increased by 10 per cent during the quarter with a 14 per cent increase in September alone as international capacity increased significantly. Domestic