Regional carriers such as Air Niugini and Royal Brunei, as well as established larger players British Airways and China Eastern, stand to benefit from a slice of the $420 million government travel market after winning a place on its air travel services panel. The four airlines are part of the new 19-airline panel that will be
Iron Maiden’s chartered Boeing 747-400 Ed Force One touched down in Brisbane on Monday afternoon ahead of the heavy metal band’s tour of Australia. The ex-Air France Boeing 747-400 is chartered from Air Atlanta Icelandic and is carrying the band’s members, support crew and equipment on its ‘The Book of Souls’ world tour. Using the flight
Virgin expects to post $30-60 million underlying profit for full 2015/16 year
Virgin Australia says the airline group is on track for a full year profit despite a forecast second half loss amid weak demand in its key domestic market that has prompted capacity cuts focused on regional routes. The company reported a statutory loss after tax of $58.8 million for the three months to March 31,
Norwegian crash grounds global H225 fleet
All Airbus Helicopters H225s (EC225LP) have been grounded following a fatal crash of a CHC Helicopter’s H225 off the west coast of Norway on April 29 killing all 11 passengers and two crew on board. The H225, registered LN-OJF, operated on behalf of Statoil, was returning to Bergen from the Gullfaks B platform, 120 kilometres
Qantas is establishing a dedicated sub-fleet of six freighter aircraft to deliver domestic mail, parcels and Express Post for Australia Post and its subsidiary StarTrack. The fleet comprises two Boeing 737-300Fs and three BAe 146-300Fs from Qantas’s existing freighter fleet that will be joined by a new Boeing 737-400F, with the aircraft to branded with StarTrack livery. From July the aircraft
Delta orders the CSeries
Bombardier’s CSeries has received its first order from a US carrier, with Delta Air Lines to purchase 75 CS100s and hold options over a further 50 aircraft. The order is the latest show of confidence in the CSeries program in 2016, after Air Canada ended a year-long order drought in February when it signed a
