Qantas turns up the heat with online petition
Qantas has launched an aggressive online petition as it ratchets up its campaign to get the federal government to block Air New Zealand, Etihad Airways and Singapore Airlines taking increased stakes in Virgin Australia via the latter’s $350 million rights issue. The website fairgo4qantas.nationbuilder.com went live on Tuesday morning and uses unprecedentedly strong language in arguing
OPINION – Patriot games
Forget the corporate rhetoric from Borghetti and Joyce in their latest public exchanges on Virgin’s rampant capital-raising efforts this year, what is becoming clear is that the majority foreign-owned carrier Borghetti leads is staving off a financial cold, writes Julian Green. In the last 12 months, Virgin Australia has raised more than $1 billion in
Libyan Wings orders A350s and A320s
Libyan Wings, a Tripoli-based charter and freight airline scheduled to start services in early 2014, has ordered three A350-900s and four A320s. The aircraft will be used on longhaul and regional routes. Including this order from the Dubai Airshow, the A350 has gained 764 firm orders from 39 customers.
Qatar Airways expands its Airbus A330 Freighter fleet
Qatar Airways has placed a firm order for five new A330-200 Freighters. Included in the order are eight additional A330-200F options, bringing the potential total to 13 aircraft. The airline already operates three A330-200Fs, which began services with the airline earlier this year, on a rapidly growing network that includes more than 40 routes that have
Etihad enters regional European market
In the next step of its global expansion campaign, Etihad will enter the European regional market after its acquisition of a 33.3 per cent stake in Swiss carrier Darwin Airline. The carrier, which will be branded as Etihad Regional, will align its network to connect passengers from secondary European markets onto the main networks of
Airbus Military, Cassidian demonstrate capabilities in Europe’s battle against illegal migration and smuggling
Airbus Military and fellow EADS subsidiary Cassidian have conducted a large-scale demonstration of technologies to address the growing crisis of economic migration and smuggling on Europe’s maritime borders. Flying over the Mediterranean Sea, an Airbus Military CN235 of Spain’s Guardia Civil – equipped with a Fully Integrated Tactical System (FITS – detected and tracked suspicious
