Ticket prices for domestic business class and discounted economy fares were higher in January, new figures show. The Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) measure of domestic business class airfares was at 95.2 index points in January, up from 94.7 points a year earlier. The measure has risen for the past 17 months
Virgin Australia will operate two flights from Bali to Australia on Thursday in an effort to return passengers stranded by the sudden cancellation of Tigerair Australia services by Indonesian authorities. On Wednesday, Tigerair Australia was forced to suspend all its services between Australia and Bali due to what the airline said were “new administrative requirements”
Tigerair Australia has been forced to cancel flights between Australia and Bali due to what it says are “new administrative requirements” from Indonesian authorities. The low-cost carrier said its four scheduled flights for Wednesday – TT1 Melbourne-Bali, TT17 Adelaide-Bali, TT24 Bali-Perth and TT6 Bali-Melbourne – have been cancelled, with Thursday’s flights under review. Affected passengers
United is switching its San Francisco-Auckland flights from a year-round to seasonal service from April 2017. The schedule change was outlined in an Air New Zealand note to travel agents. “Air New Zealand wishes to advise our alliance partner United Airlines will adjust its schedule for services between San Francisco and Auckland in order to better match
Singapore Airlines’s new service to Canberra and Wellington has featured plenty of empty seats during its first months of operations, new figures suggest. According to the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) monthly report on international airline passenger and freight numbers, SIA’s flights between Singapore and Canberra were roughly half full in October,
Qantas has been announced as the most punctual airline of 2016 across the Asia Pacific region, following the release of OAG’s annual Punctuality League. Jumping from fourth place to first in just one year, the carrier, which operated approximately 268,000 flights throughout 2016, marginally beat Japan Airlines to the top spot, with 87.6 per cent
