Qantas has delayed start of its internet wi-fi service due to what the airline says are “stability issues”. The airline said recently it had planned to turn on internet wi-fi on one of its Boeing 737-800s, VH-XZB, by the end of this week. However, Qantas said in a statement on March 25 that had now been
Australians have a new one-stop, single-carrier option to Israel following the start of Cathay Pacific’s services to Tel Aviv Ben Gurion International Airport. The inaugural four times weekly flight took off from Hong Kong on Sunday, with CX675 operated by Airbus A350-900 B-LRG. The flights have been scheduled for Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday and
Australia’s charter operators carried about 220,000 fewer passengers in calendar 2016 amid the decline in resources-related activity, new figures show. The annual domestic aviation activity report from the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) showed there were 2.41 million domestic charter passengers on fixed-wing aircraft in calendar 2016, down 8.1 per cent from
Federal Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Darren Chester says Australia is ready, if necessary, to implement a similar ban on electronic devices larger than a smartphone being taken on board commercial flights from certain Middle East and North African countries that has been implemented by the United Kingdom and United States. However, the government was for now
Qantas led all carriers for domestic punctuality in February, government figures show. The Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) report found Qantas edged out Virgin Australia for on-time arrivals for a second straight month in February. Qantas achieved an 87.6 per cent on-time arrivals rate in February, ahead of Virgin Australia at 85.9
A propeller that fell off a Regional Express (Rex) flight from Albury to Sydney is now in the hands of Australia’s aviation safety investigator after it was found in a national park about 18km from Sydney Airport in the city’s south west. The propeller, which weighs about 100kg, was spotted by NSW Police helicopter PolAir1 in
