The capacity war between Qantas and Virgin Australia may have cooled, but things are heating up in the two airlines’ attempts to lure business travellers on the east-west trek. Just a week after Virgin launched its new “The Business” business class seat on board its Airbus A330-200s that fly between Perth and Australia’s east coast
Tigerair Australia will operate three times weekly flights between Melbourne and Coffs Harbour from December 9. The new flights will depart Melbourne at 9:05 am Mondays and Wednesdays and at 08:45 am on Fridays, returning from Coffs Harbour at 11:25 am and 11:05 am respectively, adding 1,080 seats a week to the north coast NSW regional centre.
Flight Centre says there are encouraging signs the Australian travel market is picking up, particularly for leisure travellers. The travel agency group, which has battled a sluggish travel market in Australia in recent times, made the observation in its 2014/15 full year results published on Thursday. “In Australia, consumer confidence remains relatively subdued but we
Air New Zealand chief executive Christopher Luxon says he is looking forward to Virgin Australia’s return to profitability in the current year and has praised the efforts of his counterpart John Borghetti in taking the fight up to Qantas. The Kiwi flag carrier booked a booked a NZ$26 million loss in 2014/15 from its 26 per
Air New Zealand has flagged further expansion into Australia and capacity growth in its home domestic market in the year ahead after reporting a hefty lift in full year net profit. The Kiwi flag carrier reported a statutory net profit of NZ$327 million for the 12 months to June 30 2015, up 24 per cent
Shun Tak Holdings has joined Qantas and China Eastern in deciding to end its involvement with Jetstar Hong Kong and has called for the establishment of the airline to be terminated. As a result, all three shareholders in the grounded airline have now indicated they will invest no further funds in the proposed carrier. Shun
