Tigerair Australia is permanently dropping flights to Bali – the airline’s only international destination – after reaching an impasse with Indonesian regulators. The airline said in a statement on Friday afternoon it would withdraw from flying between Australia and Bali, effective immediately. Tigerair had been trying to gain approvals to resume its flights to Bali from
Virgin Australia has reported a drop in profit for the three months to December 31 2016 as weak market conditions hit revenues, prompting the airline group to operate fewer domestic flights. The company said statutory profit after tax for the second quarter of the 2016/17 financial year came in at $13.1 million, compared with
Aircraft operating under instrument flight rules (IFR) in Australia must now be fitted with ADS-B (Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast) technology following the passing of the final fitment mandate on Thursday. The mandate required all flights operating under IFR to have ADS-B, which is a satellite-based technology enabling aircraft to be accurately tracked by air traffic
Cloudy skies in the nation’s capital have greeted the arrival of FlyPelican’s inaugural Canberra-Dubbo service. Flight FP635, operated by 19-seat Jetstream 32 VH-OTE, landed a little after 1715 local time, after a one-hour trip from Dubbo. It is the regional carrier’s second route from Canberra, having started nonstop services to Newcastle in June 2015. FlyPelican
Scoot has named a former Groupon executive as its new Australian boss. Jared Simcox will oversee the Singapore Airlines-owned carrier’s operations Down Under as general manager for Australia, Scoot announced on Wednesday. He starts in the role as Scoot prepares to launch Boeing 787 flights to Athens from its Singapore hub and fully integrate its
Cathay Pacific’s first Airbus A350-900 service to Australia has touched down at Melbourne Airport. Flight CX105, operated by B-LRI, arrived at Tullamarine a little before 1230 on Wednesday, after a nine-hour journey from Hong Kong. The aircraft was on the ground for about three hours before taking off as the the reciprocal CX104 to Hong
