Perth will again be served by year-round Qantas international services after the airline announced on Friday plans to operate fives times weekly flights to Singapore. The new flights will be operated by narrowbody 737-800s and are due to commence from June 26. “We know how important it is for West Australian business travellers to have seamless
Thousands of Australians and New Zealanders will soon begin making their way to Gallipoli to mark the centenary of World War One. Among those who will gather at the ANZAC Commemorative site for the dawn service on April 25 will be 16-year-old Australian Air Force Cadet (AAFC) Flight Sergeant Felicity West, the winer of the 2014 Eleanore
Tigerair Australia’s fleet of Airbus A320s will have some component maintenance work completed at Air New Zealand’s Auckland engineering facility as a result of a new agreement between the Kiwi carrier and AJW Group. Air NZ chief operations officer Bruce Parton said he hoped the extended partnership with AJW would “create a real hub for
Air NZ to serve Houston from December
Air New Zealand will add a fifth North American destination from December when it starts flying between Auckland and Houston. The new service will be operated by Boeing 777-200ER aircraft and run up to five times a week, Air NZ said in a statement on Thursday. Houston will join Los Angeles, San Francisco, Vancouver and
Qantas pilots to receive uniform makeover
Qantas’s 2,500 pilots are getting a makeover. The airline said on Thursday Martin Grant has been tasked with updating the current single breasted black jacket and trousers designed by Peter Morrissey in 2003. “The current uniform has served us well but after wearing the same thing every day for more than 10 years we’re ready for
It’s food for all on Virgin’s domestic network
From today, every Virgin Australia domestic flight is a food flight. The airline said on Wednesday it would extend its complimentary food and drink offering “tailored to the time of day and the duration of the journey” on all domestic services. “The roll out of free food and checked baggage, to complement our wireless in-flight
