United Airlines has appointed a former manager at Cathay Pacific at its new director of sales for Australia and New Zealand. Julie Reid, who has been sales and marketing manager for Australia at Cathay for the past three years and has also worked at travel services provider HRG, takes up her new role on May
Regional airports seeking to upgrade their existing facilities will be able to apply for a share of $33.7 million in federal government funding. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Warren Truss has announced a fresh allocation of funds for the government’s Remote Airstrip Upgrade Programme. Truss said on Saturday the $33.7
Darwin International Airport (DIA) has opened the doors to its newly completed terminal expansion. The $75 million project has improved the airport’s ability to handle passengers during peak periods thanks to a bigger arrivals and departures area, six additional boarding gates, more space for security screening and three new aircraft parking bays. The terminal floorspace
Tourism Australia has signed a marketing agreement with Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific. The two parties will jointly invest $2 million in 2015 promoting Australia in key overseas markets China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and the UK. Moreover, Cathay will promote Australia at 40,000 feet with images of the nation’s best food, landmarks and experiences
Sydney Airport says it is looking at replacing the six diesel buses that currently run from the two domestic terminals to a nearby car park with electric vehicles. The airport said on Monday it had opened expressions of interest for an open tender to supply electric buses for the “busy shuttle route” that carried about
Four Airbus employees have been killed and two more are in hospital in a serious condition after an A400M military airlifter crashed just outside Seville, Spain shortly into a production test flight. The A400M, which was due to be delivered to Turkey, crashed about 1.6km from Sevilla Airport on Saturday afternoon European time. “The aircraft, with the serial
