Qantas “celebrates” All Blacks win
Qantas has found out the hard way what happens when you bet against the All Blacks. As a sponsor of the Wallabies, the Flying Kangaroo had little choice but to put its money where its mouth when in the lead up to the Rugby World Cup final a friendly wager was struck with Air New
New look for Cathay
Cathay Pacific has unveiled a subtle change to its aircraft livery that chief executive Ivan Chu says “represents the beginning of a new era” for the Hong Kong-based aviation powerhouse. The airline showed off its first aircraft featuring the new look, a Boeing 777-300ER, at a special event at Hong Kong Airport on Sunday. The
Airbus has confirmed plans to open an additional A320 Family production line in Hamburg as part of moves to increase the production rate of its popular single-aisle aircraft to 60 a month by the middle of 2019. The manufacturer’s executive vice-president for programs Didier Evrard said growing demand for single aisle aircraft and an “impressive”
Qantas’s Boeing 737-800 retrojet headed to Longreach over the weekend as part of a charity flight raising funds for drought affected Western Queensland. The ‘Retro Roo’, VH-XZP, touched down at Longreach just after 1000 local time on Saturday carrying a full load of 168 passengers who each paid $737 for the day trip from Sydney
SIA brings premium economy to Auckland
Auckland has become the latest destination to receive Singapore Airline’s (SIA) new premium economy cabin. SIA has upgauged its daily service between Singapore and Auckland to the Airbus A380, from the Boeing 777-300ER, for the peak summer holiday season. The aircraft change, which also occurred in the prior year, means the Star Alliance member is offering
New low-cost carrier at Melbourne Tullamarine
Melbourne has a new low-cost option for air travel to Asia with the arrival of Singapore Airlines-owned Scoot’s inaugural flight on Sunday. Flight TZ22, operated by operated by Boeing 787-8 9V-OFC, touched down just before 1100 local time, with the aircraft on the ground for a little over an hour before departing as TZ21 back to
