Air New Zealand and Cathay Pacific have received government approval to extend their alliance until October 2019. NZ Transport Minister Simon Bridges said the partnership would benefit travellers, noting the number of visitors from Hong Kong to NZ had risen 16 per cent since the two airlines began cooperating in 2012. However, the Minister said
As more details emerge about Qantas’s selection of Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners for its future fleet, the passenger experience implications are fascinating, even given the background of the continued focus on costs and profitability within Qantas International. “We are halfway through the biggest and fastest transformation in our history. Without that transformation, we would not be
Qantas’s proposed alliance with China Eastern looks set for takeoff, with Australia’s competition regulator approving the partnership with conditions attached and reversing an earlier draft ruling to reject the tie-up. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) says the two airlines have to report their average fares, month by month, on each route that they operate between
LAN has commenced Boeing 787-9 services to Sydney via Auckland. The oneworld alliance member and Qantas codeshare partner debuted the smaller 787-8 Dreamliner on its Santiago de Chile-Auckland-Sydney service in April. On Friday, LAN operated the larger 787-9 to Sydney for the first time. LA801, operated by CC-BGA, touched down at Sydney Airport just before 0800
Boeing and engine supplier GE Aviation have welcomed Qantas’s purchase of eight 787-9 Dreamliners. The GEnx-1B engine will power Qantas’s eight 787-9s, the first of which will begin arriving from the 2017/18 financial year. Manufacturer GE Aviation says the GEnx-1B has so far clocked up more than 1.7 million flight hours and 300,000 cycles since entering
Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce says the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner will allow the airline to open up new direct services and boost some existing routes to daily. The company announced on Thursday it would take delivery of eight 787-9s, with the first four to join the Qantas fleet in the 2017/18 financial year and the
