Air Niugini pilots have started receiving type-rating training for the Fokker 100 regional jet from CAE under an expanded agreement between the two parties. CAE said it instructors began delivering type-rating training for Air Niugini pilots at its Perth facility in the second half of 2017. Air Niugini executive manager for flight operations Captain Samiu
Virgin Australia will maintain services to Samoa after its Virgin Samoa joint-venture with the Samoan government is wound up in November. The airline has launched nonstop flights to Apia from Auckland, Brisbane and Sydney due to kick off from November 13 2017. Under the new schedule, Virgin plans to offer five flights a week on
Air Canada has upgraded its upcoming nonstop service between Vancouver and Melbourne from seasonal to year-round. The Star Alliance member is scheduled to begin seasonal flights to Melbourne – its third Australian destination alongside Brisbane and Sydney – from its Vancouver hub four times a week during the peak summer holiday period between December 1
Xiamen Air will add a second route out of Melbourne Tullamarine from December 2017 when it starts flights to Hangzhou. The Skyteam alliance member has scheduled two flights a week with Boeing 787-8s that will operate via a Xiamen-Hangzhou-Melbourne-Hangzhou-Xiamen routing starting on December 16. The airline already has nonstop Xiamen-Melbourne service which kicked off in
Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce says there is a strong case for the airline’s global alliance with Emirates to be extended given the “huge benefits” experienced by passengers over the past five years. It was announced on Thursday the two carriers will shortly submit an application to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to
Qantas will drop flights to Dubai and bring back a Singapore stopover for travel to London as it seeks to renew its alliance partnership agreement with Emirates for a further five years. Under the new flight schedule that will begin on March 25 2018, Qantas will end its daily Airbus A380 Sydney-Dubai-London Heathrow rotation, with
