Qantas is boosting its presence in China with a resumption of Sydney-Beijing nonstop flights from late January 2017. The daily flight will be operated with Airbus A330-200s and marks a return to the Chinese capital for the first time since Qantas withdrew from the route in 2009. It also comes ahead of Virgin Australia’s daily
Cathay Pacific has launched a “critical review” and issued a profit downgrade as weak demand and intense competition from rivals eats into revenues and pushed down yields. The company said in a statement to the Hong Kong stock exchange on Wednesday night the outlook had deteriorated since its August 17 results announcement, when Cathay said
Singapore Airlines’ (SIA) new service to Canberra and Wellington has joined a growing number of flights in the Asia Pacific region operating as “green routes” featuring more efficient operations on the ground and in the air. Airservices said on Thursday these measures, outlined by the Asia and Pacific Initiative to Reduce Emissions (ASPIRE), helped reduce
Virgin Australia’s two new Chinese shareholders have nominated their representatives for the airline group’s board. Shareholders will vote on the election of the new directors at Virgin’s annual general meeting in Brisbane on November 16. HNA has nominated Nang Qi, currently chief innovation officer at the company’s HNA Innovation Group subsidiary, as its representative on
Brisbane West Wellcamp will have a regular cargo link with Asia from November when Cathay Pacific adds the Southern Queensland airport to its Australian freighter network. The start of the once weekly service comes a year after Cathay operated a one-off freighter flight to Wellcamp on November 23 2015 and is yet another step forward
Singapore Airlines (SIA) is investing further in the Australian market with the introduction of fully-flat business class seats to Brisbane. The Star Alliance member and Virgin Australia partner plans to replace an Airbus A330-300 with a Boeing 777-200ER on one of its daily Singapore-Brisbane rotations from Sunday October 30. The equipment change represents an improvement
