Auckland Airport reports hefty lift in full year net profit
Auckland International Airport has posted a hefty lift in full year net profit on the back of increased passenger numbers and says new international services should support growth in 2014/15. The company reported net profit of $NZ215.9 million for the 12 months to June 30 2014, up 21.3 per cent from $NZ178 million in the
Photo: First Air New Zealand Link Q300 repainted
The first Air New Zealand Link Bombardier Dash 8 Q300 has been repainted in Air New Zealand’s new corporate colours. ZK-NEQ is the first of 23 Q300s operated by Air New Zealand’s fully-owned Air Nelson regional subsidiary to be repainted in the new black and white colours.
Qantas and China Airlines launch new codeshare partnership
Qantas is again offering direct flights to Taiwan after announcing a deal that will see it place its QF code on China Airlines flights from Brisbane and Sydney to Taipei from October. China Airlines flies four times a week between Sydney and Taipei and operates Brisbane-Taipei three days a week. Qantas said there would be up
Virgin Australia, Qantas cleared for ‘gate-to-gate’
Virgin Australia and Qantas have both announced they have received approval to allow their passengers to use personal electronic devices such as smartphones and iPads ‘gate-to-gate’. Both airlines announced on Monday evening that they had received the necessary CASA approvals to allow passengers to use personal hand-held electronic devices weighing less than 1kg during all phases of their flight,
Jetgo’s first Embraer ERJ-140 due in October
Regional carrier Jetgo’s first Embraer ERJ-140 has emerged from the paintshop sporting the airline’s colours and is undergoing final checks and awaiting the installation of some avionics upgrades before making its way to Australia. The Embraer ERJ-140LR, registration VH-ZJG, is at Republic Airlines’ facility in the US state of Kentucky having completed its paint job and
CAE links RAAF C-130J sim and crew trainer
CAE has demonstrated its ability to network RAAF C-130J Hercules training systems by linking the C-130J full-flight and mission simulator with a C-130J tactical airlift crew trainer. “The networked training devices demonstrated how the entire mission crew, including C-130J pilots and loadmasters, could train together in an integrated virtual environment,” the company said. Based at RAAF
