Jetstar has scheduled a number of flights to and from Bali for Monday after deciding it was safe to operate flights into and out of the airport. Flights into and out of Bali have been severely disrupted in the past week as the ash cloud from the Mount Raung volcano forced airlines to cancel flights
Virgin Australia and Jetstar cancelled all flights into and out of Bali on Friday and have a number of services for Saturday under review due to the ash cloud from the Mount Raung volcano. Passengers booked to travel on both airlines have been asked to check the status of their flight online for the latest
Qantas has updated its training manuals for visual approaches after an Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) investigation found a pilot flew an Airbus A330-200 carrying 211 passengers and 11 crew too low on approach to Melbourne Airport. The March 8 2013 incident involved Qantas A330-200 VH-EBV flying from Sydney to Melbourne and on descent into Tullamarine
Qantas and American Airlines can begin selling tickets for their proposed new trans-Pacific flights after their expanded alliance received provisional approval from Australia’s competition watchdog. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has granted Qantas and American interim authorisation for the tie-up, which has been expanded to include Qantas’s return to San Francisco and the
Brisbane Airport will welcome a new airline in 2016 when Air Canada launches direct services between Vancouver and the Queensland capital. Air Canada on Wednesday (North American time) announced it would serve Brisbane three times a week with Boeing 787-8s from June 17. It will be the only direct flight between Brisbane and Canada. “The new
Airbus has released an image of Cathay Pacific’s first Airbus A350-900 taking shape at the manufacturer’s final assembly line at Tolouse, France. The image shows the wings, the horizontal and vertical tailplane as well as tail cone have been joined to the fuselage, with the aircraft sporting serial number MSN 29. Cathay, which has 48
