Qantas will shortly open the doors to its new premium passenger lounge at Brisbane Airport’s international terminal after completing a revamp of the facility. At the end of June, Qantas closed its previously separate first and business lounges at the international terminal, with construction on the new facility beginning a few weeks later. In its place
Airlines around the world have moved swiftly to ban the carriage of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 following a declaration from the manufacturer’s global recall of the device due to safety concerns. In this part of the world, Qantas, Virgin Australia, Tigerair Australia, Jetstar and Air New Zealand have issued travel alerts informing passengers the
Some 42 years after the company delivered its first aircraft, an A300 to Air France, Airbus has handed over the keys to its 10,000th airframe, an A350-900 to long-time customer Singapore Airlines (SIA). The milestone event took place at Airbus headquarters in Toulouse on Friday (European time), with the ceremony attended by SIA group chief
Tigerair Australia plans to add a fourth Boeing 737-800 to its fleet to assist with crew training and for additional domestic flights over the busy summer holiday season. The 737-800 from parent Virgin Australia is expected join the fleet in December, a Tigerair spokesperson told Australian Aviation via email. To be based in Melbourne, the aircraft
Qantas says its has received more than 500 applications, including from as far away as Europe, in its external pilot recruitment drive ahead of the arrival of the Boeing 787-9 in October 2017. In February, Qantas announced plans to hire 170 new pilots over the next three years to support growth on the back of
Air New Zealand is no longer a Virgin Australia shareholder after disposing of its remaining 2.5 per cent stake for A$65.7 million. On Wednesday, the company said in its monthly investor update for October the shares were sold in “off market transactions with investors, including Nanshan Group”. Indeed, a notice to the Australian Securities Exchange
