Some oneworld carriers and Malaysia Airlines are preparing to move terminals at London’s Heathrow airport. From October 29, British Airways’s and Qantas’s services to and from Australia at Heathrow will move from Terminal 4 to Terminal 3, ending a project to co-locate all oneworld members in the same terminal at Heathrow. Most other oneworld carriers
A new Christmas Island based airline has applied to the International Air Services Commission to allow it to start flights between Christmas Island and Singapore using a Boeing 737-300 wet leased from Our Airline. Australian Indian Ocean Territories Airlines (AIOTA) says in its application, dated October 22, that it is seeking unlimited capacity on the
Jetstar operated its first flights between Sydney and Melbourne/Tullamarine on October 26, noting that all flights for the day were “completely sold-out”. “While we expect Jetstar’s new Melbourne-Sydney services to be strongly supported by flyers seeking the lowest fares between Australia’s two largest capitals, Qantas will importantly continue to maintain its high frequency premium offering
Jetstar has renewed distribution arrangements with the Sabre and Worldspan global distribution systems. The new arrangements will allow Jetstar (JQ), Jetstar Asia (3K) and Valuair (VF) tickets to be issued via the GDS’s through a single agreement. Jetstar Pacific tickets will soon be added to distribution through Sabre, in addition to its existing agreement with
Two female cadet pilots from Etihad Airways have graduated with airline transport pilots’ licenses, making them the first female Emirati cadets to graduate the from airline’s program. Etihad CEO James Hogan congratulated Salma Al-Baloushi and Aisha Al-Mansouri, saying: “Everyone at Etihad is delighted that Salma and Aisha – our first female cadet pilots – have
The International Air Services Commission (IASC) has issued a draft determination which would split capacity allocations on the Fiji route between V Australia and Qantas. According to the draft determination, which was released on October 22, the IASC proposes to allocate 907 seats to V Australia and 852 seats to Qantas. As a result of
