Emirates has upgauged the second of its two daily Perth-Dubai flights to the Airbus A380. The change to the three-class A380 on the Qantas alliance partner’s morning departure from Perth and overnight service from Dubai took effect from Monday, adding about 100,000 extra seats between Perth and Dubai. The EK424 and EK425 rotation was previously
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has confirmed it is investigating the circumstances where a Jetstar Airbus A320 and Malaysia AirAsia X A330 managed to fly too close to each other near Gold Coast Airport. The incident, which took place about six kilometres north of Gold Coast Airport on July 21, involved an inbound Jetstar
Singapore Airlines (SIA) says it faces difficult times ahead as competition from regional rivals and a glut of extra seats in key markets puts downwards pressure on yields and offsets the benefit of lower fuel prices. While the Virgin Australia shareholder and alliance partner reported a big lift in profitability for the three months to
One-off charges thanks to cost-cutting and fleet-reduction efforts have pushed Virgin Australia to a $224.7 million statutory loss for 2015/16. While the airline group’s financial performance for the 12 months to June 30 2016 was down from the statutory loss of $93.8 million in the prior year, the result includes between $410 million and $450 million in
Cobham Aviation Services has won a 12-month contract to fly Doray Minerals’ fly-in/fly-out workers to the gold miner’s Andy Well site in Western Australia. The contract was due to start in early August and covered two flights a week with 81-seat BAe 146-200 jets, Cobham said in a statement on Thursday. Cobham Aviation Services chief
Etihad Airways has confirmed it will take up its full entitlements in Virgin Australia’s capital raising. As a result, the Abu Dhabi-based carrier will maintain its shareholding in Virgin at 21.83 per cent and keep its seat on the board. “The Etihad Aviation Group board has endorsed a proposal to take up its pro-rata entitlement
