Qantas has announced that construction of a new multi-million dollar premium lounge at Brisbane Airport’s international terminal will begin within weeks. The new lounge will combine Qantas’s international first and business class lounges to create one large premium lounge. To facilitate the works, Qantas’s existing lounge facilities will close on June 29, with affected international customers
Solomon Airlines has suspended operations due to a dispute with the island nation’s government over millions of dollars of unpaid money. All flights were grounded at 0800 (local time) on Tuesday until further notice, Solomon Airlines said in a statement, with the airline’s ground handling work also included as part the shutdown. Solomon Airlines chief executive Captain
Qantas is again offering its customers the option of booking a codeshare flight to Vanuatu. However, the airline is only adding its QF airline code on Air Vanuatu’s twice-weekly Brisbane-Santo (Luganville) service from June 6. “We’re pleased to announce the recommencement of our codeshare on Air Vanuatu services between Brisbane and Santo,” Qantas said
Eva Air plans too add an extra three flights a week to Brisbane from October and tweak flight schedules to offer its Australian passengers more beyond connections from its Taipei hub. The frequency boost, from two flights a week currently, means the Star Alliance member will operate five times a week to Brisbane, its sole Australian
Qantas is one of two carriers identified by global travel IT firm Amadeus as successfully using data analytics to improve operations. A recent Amadeus discussion paper finds Qantas’s use of big data has allowed the Australian airline to combat disruptions with a high degree of success, achieving this by working with Amadeus to implement a travel recovery system which allows it
Tigerair Australia is celebrating carrying its 20 millionth passenger since the now Virgin Australia-owned low-cost carrier began flying in 2007. Passenger Sarah Del Medicio from Adelaide was presented with a $2,000 voucher for travel on the Tigerair network as the milestone passenger, when she flew aboard flight TT449 from Melbourne to Adelaide on Monday morning.
