Captain David Lohse knows what it is like to take an aircraft to the edge of its operating limits. That’s because as head of flight technical services for Cathay Pacific, it is his and his team of test pilots and flight test engineers’ job to ensure all of the Hong Kong-based airline’s aircraft – from
Light-handed regulation of Australia and New Zealand’s airports has been ineffective at protecting consumers from higher charges due to their monopoly power, a report says. The findings are in the “Performance and Impact of Australia’s Airports Since Privatisation” report prepared by Frontier Economics and commissioned by recently-formed lobby group Airlines for Australia and New Zealand
Qantas has reinstated a codeshare agreement with Air France for flights between Australia and France via Asia that was dropped six years ago when it forged a global alliance with Emirates. Under the new agreement, Qantas will add its QF airline code on Air France’s daily nonstop flights between Paris Charles de Gaulle and Hong
Royal Brunei Airlines (RB) will join an already crowded field offering a one-stop product on the Kangaroo Route between Australia and Europe when it begins nonstop Bandar Seri Begawan-London Heathrow service with Boeing 787-8s from the end of October. Currently, RB serves the United Kingdom capital as part of a Bandar Seri Begawan-Dubai-London Heathrow routing.
Singapore Airlines (SIA) says the impact of its transformation program alongside passenger and cargo growth has led to a hefty full-year profit in fiscal 2018. Net profit for the 12 months to March 31 2018 came in at S$893 million, more than double the S$360 million in the prior financial year. Meanwhile, operating profit, which
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has cited the impact of its transformation program amid passenger and cargo growth in helping deliver a hefty lift in full year profit in fiscal 2018. Net profit for the 12 months to March 31 2018 came in at S$893 million, more than double the S$360 million in the prior corresponding period.
