Christchurch and Wellington Airports say they are operating as normal while airlines have issued fee waivers for affected passengers as New Zealand picks up the pieces from the devastating earthquakes that struck the South Island on Sunday night. The 7.5 magnitude earthquake centred on Hanmer Springs, a popular tourist spot about 90 minutes north of
Sydney has expanded its network of Chinese cities with the start of a new nonstop flight to Chengdu. On Saturday, Air China’s inaugural Sydney-Chengdu service, operated by Airbus A330-200 configured with 30 business class and 207 economy class seats, touched down. The aircraft, B-6541, received an Airservices Aviation Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) monitor cross
Hong Kong Airlines’ inaugural service to Auckland touched down amid cloudy skies on Friday morning, adding an element of competition on a route currently served by Cathay Pacific and Air New Zealand as part of a joint-venture. Flight HX21, operated by Airbus A330-200 B-LNF, landed at Auckland Airport at 0715 local time on Friday, after
Ticket prices for Australian domestic travel across all cabin classes were higher in November, new figures show. The Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) measure of domestic business class airfares was at 94.9 index points in November, up from 91.2 points a year earlier. The measure has risen for the past 15 months on
Runway repairs at Jakarta Airport have forced Singapore Airlines (SIA) to postpone the launch of its Sydney-Jakarta-Singapore service. The new flights were due to take off from November 23 and operate three times a week with Boeing 777-200ER equipment featuring 26 business class seats that offer direct aisle access and 245 economy class seats. SIA
Qantas has called on the Australia’s International Air Services Commission to (IASC) to reverse course and approve in full its proposed codesharing arrangements with Air Niugini on Australia-Papua New Guinea routes. In October, the IASC said in a draft decision the two carriers would be able to codeshare on the Sydney-Port Moresby route (operated by
