Improved flying conditions have allowed Virgin Australia and Jetstar to resume operations into and out of Bali on Thursday. Virgin said it would operate 14 flights between Australia and Bali on Thursday, which included two additional services to help those stranded as a result of the Mount Raung ash cloud. Meanwhile, Jetstar said it would
Qantas is boosting service to Queensland with a return to Maroochydore (Sunshine Coast) from December and new flights to the Gold Coast due to take off from October. The start of a new daily Melbourne-Gold Coast non-stops from October 25 with Boeing 737-800s builds on Qantas’s return to the Glitter Strip three years ago in 2012 when it started
Qantas has reached a confidential out-of-court settlement with former speechwriter Lucinda Holdworth, who had planned to publish a memoir, entitled Fighting Words, that would have detailed behind the scenes discussions and decisions taken during the airline’s controversial 2011 industrial grounding. Qantas took legal action to prevent the book’s publication, arguing it contained confidential information damaging
Virgin Australia has renewed and extended its agreement with airline IT company Sabre Technology. The new agreement will see Virgin extend and expand its use of Sabre’s SabreSonic system, which would allow the airline to “progressively implement a wide range of Sabre solutions, including SabreSonic retailing and personalisation solutions,” Sabre said in a statement. “Additionally, the agreement enables the
Time is running out for rugby fans to enter a Qantas competition to select the special livery be worn by the A380 which will fly the Australian Wallabies to London for the Rugby World Cup later this year. And there is plenty at stake for rugby fans who make their selection from the three designs too – by voting
ANA plans to return to Sydney for the first time since 1999 when it commences daily flights from Tokyo Haneda in December. The Japanese carrier said on Thursday it would deploy Boeing 787-9s configured with 48 business, 21 premium economy and 146 economy seats on the Sydney-Tokyo Haneda route, with the inaugural flight to take
