Singapore Airlines launched daily Airbus A380 services to Melbourne on September 30, the Victorian capital’s first daily service from the Airbus double-decker. Melbourne becomes Singapore Airlines’s sixth A380 port, with the A380 services increasing the airline’s capacity to Melbourne by 35,000 seats a year. Singapore Airlines has so far taken delivery of 10 A380s. On
Jetstar has announced that it will increase its frequencies on routes to Denpasar, Phuket and Honolulu as it takes delivery of its seventh Airbus A330-200 in December. With the new aircraft, the low cost carrier will increase its services from Sydney and Melbourne to Denpasar from four and two times weekly to daily and three
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has urged Jetstar to stop its flights to Burma, claiming that they are helping to prop up the junta government there. “It is immoral. You are propping up a military regime that is oppressing people,” ACTU president Sharan Burrow told the ABC’s AM program. “Jetstar has a 49
Strategic Airlines has been awarded its air operators certificate (AOC) by CASA, the Brisbane based charter operator announced on September 29. “The AOC is the culmination of a concerted group effort by our dedicated team, and we are very proud of the result,” Strategic executive director Michael James said. “All of our people have worked tirelessly
French newspaper Les Echos claims that Air France-KLM and Veolia have called off plans to launch a high-speed rail business across continental Europe, claiming that the airline group is reluctant to go ahead due to the uncertain future regulatory framework. The two companies were to launch the services in 2010 when Europe was due to
British Airways will launch its first onboard mobile phone service, on its premium London City-New York JFK flights from September 29. This will allow passengers to use their mobile phones to send and receive text messages, emails and access the internet. BA is using SITA/Airbus’s OnAir picocell on board the A318s which operate the services.
