Alliance Aviation Services says the focus on the year ahead will be growing its non-mining flying after reporting a return to profitability in 2015/16. The charter and fly-in/fly-out operator said net profit for the 12 months to June 30 2016 came in at $13.5 million, compared with a statutory net loss of $36.6 million in
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has become the second Airbus A350 operator to Australia. Under overcast skies, flight SQ207, operated by A350-900 9V-SME, touched down at Melbourne Tullamarine at about 1640 local time on Wednesday, after a six and a half hour journey from Singapore. The aircraft was met with an Airservices Aviation Rescue and Fire Fighting
Virgin Australia plans to introduce new fares for domestic and international travel that it says will offer travellers more choice. The airline has rebranded its fares with names such as Go, Go Plus, Getaway, Elevate, Freedom, each of which have different levels of flexibility and inclusions. There are also new fare categories for premium economy
Qantas says it will install a new Boeing 787-9 flight simulator at its Sydney Mascot base as the airline gears up for the arrival of the next generation aircraft in 2017. The $23 million investment in the new flight simulator, which will be used for new and recurrent training, and other training equipment was part
Virgin Australia chief executive John Borghetti says low fares may not be enough to stimulate travel as persistently soft demand due to worries about the economy and overseas turmoil dampen consumer confidence and keep people from travelling. While Virgin’s domestic operations managed a big lift in financial performance in 2015/16, with underlying earnings before interest and tax
Virgin Australia says it has reached its target of securing 30 per cent of its domestic revenue from the corporate and government travel sector. The airline said in its full year results presentation released on Friday that its domestic flying managed to grow its share of that high-yielding part of the market in 2015/16, with
