Jetgo will shift its Melbourne-Dubbo service from Avalon to Essendon airport from early July following the installation of necessary security screening facilities at the close-in Melbourne airport. The regional carrier had planned to fly from Dubbo to Melbourne Tullamarine starting in October 2015, but was unable to secure terminal space at the airport. Efforts to
Virgin Australia has secured the necessary traffic rights to mount flights to Beijing and Hong Kong from June 1 2017. The International Air Services Commission (IASC) has approved the Australian carrier’s request for 1,925 seats a week of capacity to China and seven flights a week to Hong Kong. The determination, published on June 17,
Domestic business class fares have risen to their highest level in more than four years, while best discount economy fares were softer in June, new figures show. The Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) monthly report on domestic ticket prices showed the index measuring business class airfares rose to 95.8 points in June,
Hawaiian Airlines chief executive Mark Dunkerley says the Australia-Hawaii market has not experienced the same level of extreme discounting on flights between this country and the US mainland. The trans-Pacific market has been particularly active in recent times, with the arrival in late 2015 of American Airlines to Sydney, Qantas’s resumption of San Francisco services
Virgin Australia’s $852 million capital raising and $152 million share placement with HNA will be enough to cover the airline group’s near-term funding needs, S&P Global Ratings says. The capital raising along with the $159 million share placement with China’s HNA Group brings to $1.011 billion Virgin has raised since it announced a capital structure
Australians will have a new, albeit potentially more circuitous, one-stop option to the US west coast from October when Singapore Airlines (SIA) launches nonstop service between Singapore and San Francisco. The Star Alliance member said on Thursday the 7,339nm route would be served with Airbus A350-900s in its standard configuration of 253 seats comprising 42
