Australia’s competition regulator has given final approval for Virgin Australia and Delta to extend their alliance on trans-Pacific routes for a further five years. The final determination, handed down on Friday, follows the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) interim approval for the joint-venture partnership in June. The ACCC said the alliance, which has been
Alliance Airlines says the focus for the year ahead is on securing more non-mining work and reducing costs amid a “sustained downturn in the resources industry” after posting a full year $36.6 million statutory net loss in 2014/15 due to fleet writedowns and other one-off charges. The full year result was impacted by the first
New Zealand’s rugby team the All Blacks are the stars in Air New Zealand’s latest safety video, which has drawn inspiration from the Men In Black movie franchise of the late 1990s. Called Men in Black Safety Defenders, the video features All Black Israel Dagg rapping the safety message alongside Australian-born artist Stan Walker. “I
Jetstar has repainted the first of five turboprops that will be used on regional New Zealand routes. On Wednesday, the airline released photos of Q300 VH-TQM, which has been repainted into Jetstar livery at the Flying Colours Aviation paintshop in Townsville. In addition to the new look, with the former QantasLink turboprop will also have
Qantas is boosting its recently revived Perth-Singapore service to daily and adding a fifth weekly flight to Jakarta as part of seasonal frequency increases for the upcoming summer holidays. There is also a planned boost on trans-Tasman services included in the more than 140 extra flights scheduled between the end of November and February, Qantas
Singapore Airlines’ (SIA) first premium economy service touched down in Sydney on Monday morning, marking the start of a 19-city rollout of the cabin between business and economy over the next six months. The first flight to feature SIA’s new premium economy, SQ221 operated by 9V-SKJ, took off from Changi Airport a little past 2100
