Virgin Australia plans to expand its codeshare network through a new partnership with Air Canada. From early 2017, Virgin will place its VA airline code on Air Canada’s flights from Los Angeles to four Canadian cities – Calgary, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. Later, the Australian carrier plans to codeshare on Air Canada’s nonstop flights from Brisbane
Passengers on Tigerair Australia are now able to have a paperless flight thanks to the airline’s introduction of mobile boarding passes. Those booked to travel on Tigerair services can checkin online and have a boarding pass sent to their mobile phone via email or SMS, the airline said on Wednesday. There is also an Apple
Adelaide Airport Ltd (AAL), having just achieved its ambition of securing nonstop service into mainland China, will turn its attention to targeting nonstop flights to the US. AAL chief executive Mark Young said the advent of the Boeing 787 provided the opportunity for nonstop flights between Adelaide and the US west coast. The potential might lure Qantas back
Qantas has announced Melbourne-Los Angeles as the first international route for its Boeing 787-9 fleet. The nonstop service will operate six times a week from December 15 2017, Qantas said in a statement on Tuesday. Currently, Qantas flies daily between Melbourne and Los Angeles with Airbus A380 equipment, as well as two services a week
Virgin Australia is the latest airline to undertake evening services to and from Queenstown. The airline said it planned to operate a night-time departure from Queenstown to Brisbane on Fridays and Sundays during the winter ski season between June and September 2017. At the same time, Virgin’s trans-Tasman alliance partner Air New Zealand has scheduled
Australia will have regular nonstop scheduled passenger services to Europe for the first time in 2018, with Qantas to launch Perth-London with the Boeing 787-9. Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce said the 17-hour, 7,829nm Perth-London service would be a “game-changing route flown by a game-changing aircraft” with huge opportunities for travel tourism and trade. “It’s
