Emirates’s three daily flights to Sydney will all be operated with the Airbus A380 from the end of October as part of changes to the airline’s Asia, Australia and New Zealand schedule. From October 30, the airline’s Dubai-Bangkok-Sydney-Christchurch rotation will be upgauged to the A380, from the Boeing 777-300ER operated on the route currently, and
Qantas has lodged an application with Australia’s International Air Services Commission (IASC) to expand its codeshare partnership with Jet Airways on Australia-India routes. The application stated Jet Airways planned to place its 9W airline code on Qantas’s flights between Sydney and Bangkok, while the Australian carrier would add its QF code on Jet’s services from
Virgin Australia has added 11 new destinations in Italy as part of its codeshare agreement with Alitalia. At the same time, the Italian flag carrier has added its AZ airline code on Virgin domestic flights to eight new Australian destinations. Virgin said in a statement it would codeshare on Alitalia-operated flights from Rome to Bari,
China Eastern is boosting its Australian network with a new service from Sydney to Hangzhou and onwards to Beijing starting in November. The three times a week offering will operate as a Beijing-Hangzhou-Sydney routing with Airbus A330 equipment. China Eastern general manager for Oceania Kathy Zhang said the new flights complemented the Skyteam alliance member’s
David Massy-Greene, the captain of Qantas’s record-breaking Boeing 747-400 nonstop flight from London Heathrow to Sydney, died on Sunday, August 21. He was 73. Qantas confirmed the news in a recent note to its 30,000 employees. “It is with sadness that we let you know of the passing of former Qantas Captain David Massy-Greene,” Qantas
Air New Zealand and Singapore Airlines (SIA) have agreed to expand their alliance to include the latter carrier’s upcoming one-stop Singapore-Wellington service. SIA is due to start flights between the city-state and New Zealand capital, via Canberra, from September 21, with the four times a week offering being operated with Boeing 777-200s. The two Star Alliance members’ joint venture
