Qantas changes credit card fees
Qantas is changing the way it charges passengers for paying for flights with a credit card. Instead of a flat fee of $7 per passenger per booking for domestic and trans-Tasman flights and $30 for international flights when paying with a credit card for tickets booked in Australia, the airline will move to a percentage
Australia’s domestic carriers accelerated capacity reductions in response to market conditions during May, resulting in fuller aircraft, new figures show. The monthly traffic report from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) showed Australian domestic available seat kilometres (ASK) fell 2.9 per cent in May, compared with the prior corresponding period, while demand measured by revenue
Air freight volumes soften in May
Air freight volumes went backwards in May as economic jitters and political uncertainty stymied efforts to boost global trade and excess capacity pressured yields, new figures show. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said freight tonne kilometres (FTK) fell 0.9 per cent in May, compared with the prior corresponding period. And with capacity, measured by
Bell 525 Relentless prototype crashes
Bell Helicopter has confirmed one of its two 525 Relentless prototypes crashed while conducting developmental flight test operations, fatally injuring two of its flight test crew. The bright orange panted 525, Bell’s first Relentless prototype to fly, N525TA, came down in a field south-east of the manufacturer’s Arlington, Texas, Xworks facility in Ellis County before
Weather slows MH370 search
Efforts to locate missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have been hampered by poor weather in the Indian Ocean, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) says. In its weekly operational update, the ATSB said it had less than 10,000 square kilometres of the agreed 120,000 square kilometre area left to search. However, the conditions out at
Members of Virgin Australia’s frequent flyer program Velocity keen to use their points while keeping their feet on the ground will be able to cash in their points for fuel under a new initiative with BP. Since April 2015, Velocity members have been able to earn points for fuel and in-store purchases at participating BP
