Alliance Airlines expects to increase total flying hours by almost 40 per cent in 2017/18 amid increased activity in the resources sector and its growing regular public transport (RPT) and wet lease operations. The company said in its 2017/18 first half results it expected to reach 35,000 flight hours for the full year. The figure
New Zealanders will have a new nonstop option to Bali from June when Emirates Airline commences flights between Auckland to the popular Indonesian tourist destination. Emirates said on Monday it planned to launch daily Dubai-Bali-Auckland service with Boeing 777-300ER equipment, with the first flight set to take off on June 14 2018. The Dubai-headquartered carrier
Gate Gourmet will become the “sole service provider” for Virgin Australia’s 450 daily domestic and international flights from June under a new six-year deal. The catering company, owned by gategroup, already provides meals and handling for Virgin Australia at a number of ports and the new long-term contract would expand the portfolio of work by
Qantas’s fourth Boeing 787-9 has emerged from the paintshop and completed its first test flights as the clock counts down to the arrival of the aircraft with an Indigenous-inspired livery at a special welcome ceremony at Alice Springs in early March. The aircraft, VH-ZND, broke cover at Boeing’s Everett facility on Thursday morning (US time)
Australia’s competition watchdog has given the green light to Emirates and Qantas continuing their global alliance for a further five years despite some competition concerns on one trans-Tasman route. The draft determination from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said the two carriers’ partnership covering destinations in Asia, Europe, Oceania, the Middle East and
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has sounded a note of caution about the recent rise in fuel prices after posting a healthy rise in net profit for the nine months to December 31 2017 amid stronger passenger and cargo flown revenue. Net profit for the period came in at S$711 million, SIA said in a regulatory filing
