Fiji Airways will be the second airline to fly the Boeing 737 MAX to Australia from December when it deploys the aircraft on the Adelaide-Nadi route. Currently, Fiji Airways flies twice a week between Adelaide and Nadi with Boeing 737-800s, having started the route in June 2017. “We’re thrilled at how successful the direct route
Qantas will have a new chairman from October, with Leigh Clifford to retire after more than a decade in the role and to be replaced by Richard Goyder. Clifford, who has been chairman of Qantas and a board member since 2007, will step down as a director of the company at the annual general meeting
Qantas is seeking passenger input for the design of cabin amenities for its proposed Project Sunrise nonstop flights from Australia’s east coast to London and New York. The airline said on Tuesday it would soon survey its frequent flyers to gauge their opinions on what the airline has termed “the sky is the limit” concepts. These
Nine regional locations across Australia are in contention to host Qantas’s proposed new pilot training academy. Qantas announced the shortlist for its new flight school on Friday, which comprised three potential locations in New South Wales, two in Queensland and one in each in the Northern Territory, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia. The full list
Hawaiian Airlines is well placed to be opportunistic in terms of network expansion in the period ahead given its strong presence in a number of international markets and as it takes delivery of new Airbus A321neos and Boeing 787-9s, chief executive Peter Ingram says. The Honolulu-headquartered carrier has worked to rebalance its domestic and international
There were two power plant-related incidents on turboprop aircraft in a five-year period between 2012 and 2016 that resulted in injuries, a report shows. The figures are in a recently published Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) report on power plant failures in turboprop aircraft. The report found there were 417 engine-related occurrences involving turboprop aircraft
