Qantas’s first Boeing 787-9 has undertaken its maiden flight as the clock ticks down towards first delivery. The airline published photos of the test flight on social media on Friday, including on its Twitter, Instagram and Facebook accounts. Operating as flight BOE269, the aircraft, sporting registration VH-ZNA, took off from Snohomish County Airport at Boeing’s
Tigerair Australia will add an extra six seats to its Boeing 737-800 fleet with the installation of new slimline seats. The cabin reconfiguration program with the leather seats from Rockwell Collins Interior Systems (formerly B/E Aerospace) is due to begin in March 2018, Tigerair said on Thursday. As a result, the seat count on the
Travellers wondering how far their dollar, or haul of Qantas frequent flyer points, will take them can have that question answered thanks to a new search function on the airline’s website. Qantas has launched a “Where can I go?” feature that can search for flights based on budget, points, trip duration or class of travel,
Checkin luggage involving a connecting itinerary are about 10 times more likely to be lost or “mishandled” than bags checked in directly, new figures suggest. The findings are the result of a year-long look at international passengers’ bags departing from Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney airports commissioned by the Board of Airline Representatives of Australia
Hobart will have a new nonstop link to Queensland from December when Tigerair Australia begins flights to the Gold Coast. The four times weekly Hobart-Gold Coast offering takes off from December 7 2017, Tigerair said on Monday. The Virgin Australia-owned low-cost carrier (LCC) will be the only airline flying nonstop between Hobart and the Gold
Air New Zealand has scheduled a third year of seasonal flying to Ho Chi Minh City for 2018. The Star Alliance member commenced flights to Ho Chi Minh City in 2016, when it operated three flights a week with the now-retired Boeing 767-300ER between June and October. Ho Chi Minh City was Air New Zealand’s
