Singapore Airlines reports full year profit lift, highlights market challenges
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has reported a small lift in full year net profit and says cost control and disciplined capacity management will be the focus for fiscal 2016 given the challenging market conditions and uncertain economic outlook. The company reported net profit of S$367.9 million for the 12 months to March 31 2015, up 2.3
Qantas’s planned resumption of flights between Perth and Singapore from June has been given a boost with Finnair to codeshare on the five times a week service. Finnair said in a statement on May 13 the move to add its AY airline code on Qantas’s Boeing 737-800 services would “create additional scheduling and route options”
West Australian aviation enthusiasts, those keen to take the first step towards a career as a pilot or curious what flying an aircraft involves are invited to the Royal Aero Club of WA and WA Aviation College open day on Sunday May 24. Held at Jandakot Airport in Perth between 10am and 4pm, the event will
Air New Zealand and Tourism New Zealand will boost promotional activities in South America and the United States in the year ahead after extending their marketing partnership. The two parties will each contribute NZ$10 million under the new agreement, Air NZ said on Monday. In addition to the focus on the Americas – Air NZ
Launceston Airport has been given the green light to proceed with $65 million in infrastructure improvements over the next decade as part of its 20-year Master Plan. The federal government has approved Launceston Airport’s master plan, which has forecast passenger numbers at the northern Tasmanian gateway to grow to 2.5 million a year by 2035, from
RAAF executes first boom contact with KC-30A
Two KC-30A crews have completed the first boom contact by the aircraft in RAAF service. The first KC-30’s crew deployed the 17-metre-long Aerial Refuelling Boom System (ARBS) to make 14 successful contacts with the refuelling receptacle of a second KC-30 during a three-hour flight out of RAAF Base Amberley southwest of Brisbane on May 13. No fuel
