Qantas chairman Leigh Clifford says the airline group is well-placed to manage a difficult global aviation outlook thanks to its cost-cutting transformation program and fuel hedging policies. While Clifford and chief executive Alan Joyce did not offer specific earnings guidance at the annual general meeting (AGM), the long-time Qantas chairman was upbeat about the airline’s
Jetgo’s first Embraer ERJ-140LR regional jet has touched down in Brisbane after a marathon week-long ferry flight that featured nine refuelling stops in five countries. The first of Jetgo’s two 44-seat ERJ-140LRs arrived in Brisbane on Thursday. While the aircraft has been repainted in Jetgo livery, it still features US registration N297SK. It was understood
Virgin Australia’s 6.4 million Velocity frequent flyer members will be able to earn points and status credits from their supermarket shopping from today after the program linked up with the flybuys loyalty scheme. In broad terms, the Velocity-flybuys partnership mirrors the one between Qantas and the Woolworths Rewards scheme, with shoppers earning points from purchases
Ticket prices for Australian domestic travel across all cabin classes were up at close to multi-year highs in October, 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 September, up from 89.7 points a year earlier. The measure has risen
More than seven in 10 air travellers now board their flight with a mobile boarding pass as the trend towards self-service checkin and off-site passenger facilitation grows, new figures show. The International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) 2016 global passenger survey found travellers today were willing to take advantage of advances in technology to do more traditional
Virgin Australia was among several airlines unable to accept bookings on their respective websites for a number of hours on Tuesday morning (AEST) due to problems with Sabre’s Sabresonic reservation system. In a message on its website on Tuesday morning that has since been removed, Virgin said it experienced a “temporary technical issue”. A Virgin
