Air New Zealand has reaffirmed earnings guidance for an earnings decline in the current year as competition both at home and abroad heats up. In August, the airline guided the market to expect earnings before taxation of between NZ$400 million to NZ$600 million in 2016/17, compared with $NZ806 million in the prior year. The company told
Melbourne Airport has welcomed its sixth mainland Chinese carrier with the arrival of Beijing Capital Airlines’ inaugural service. Flight JD461, operated by Airbus A330-200 B-8221, touched down at Tullamarine a little after 0840 on Friday morning, after an 11-hour journey from Qingdao in the Shandong Province on China’s east coast. The three times a week
Qantas will carry Australia Post’s international parcels for the next five years under a new contract. The extension of the pair’s previous agreement was announced on Friday. Qantas Freight chief executive Gareth Evans said it was a “substantial contract to secure”. “We have transformed Qantas Freight to deliver flexible and efficient operations for the changing
Virgin Australia’s frequent flyer and loyalty program Velocity is offering its members the opportunity to access unique events across sport, music and the theatre through a new entertainment hub. The airline has partnered with TEG Live (the company behind ticket seller Ticketek) for Velocity Live, where members can earn points for buying tickets, secure upgraded
Fresh from its launch of flights to Canberra and Wellington, Singapore Airlines (SIA) is further expanding its footprint in Australia with a new three times weekly service linking Singapore, Indonesia and Australia. The new flight, which will operate on a Singapore-Jakarta-Sydney routing, will launch on November 23, with SIA able to sell tickets for the fifth-freedom
Emirates will reinstate its daily Boeing 777-300ER Brisbane-Singapore-Dubai flight from Saturday after the route was suspended for about six months due to what the airline said was because of runway works. Since May, Emirates’ EK432 and EK433 rotations have operated nonstop between Brisbane and Dubai, rather than with a technical stop in Singapore. The EK433
