Singapore Airlines (SIA) says its US$80 million investment to introduce a premium economy cabin on its Boeing 777-300ER, Airbus A380 and A350 fleet will boost yields and meet the demands of a growing customer segment willing to pay more for some additional in-flight comforts. And the airline is promising to offer “hard to refuse” prices
Philippine Airlines (PAL) will add Cairns as its fifth Australian destination and introduce flights to Auckland from December with Airbus A320s. The new four times a week service kicks off on December 1 and will operate via a Manila-Cairns-Auckland routing, the airline said on Wednesday. Currently, Philippine Airlines serves Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane via Darwin
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has reported a small lift in full year net profit and says cost control and disciplined capacity management will be the focus for fiscal 2016 given the challenging market conditions and uncertain economic outlook. The company reported net profit of S$367.9 million for the 12 months to March 31 2015, up 2.3
Qantas’s planned resumption of flights between Perth and Singapore from June has been given a boost with Finnair to codeshare on the five times a week service. Finnair said in a statement on May 13 the move to add its AY airline code on Qantas’s Boeing 737-800 services would “create additional scheduling and route options”
Air New Zealand and Tourism New Zealand will boost promotional activities in South America and the United States in the year ahead after extending their marketing partnership. The two parties will each contribute NZ$10 million under the new agreement, Air NZ said on Monday. In addition to the focus on the Americas – Air NZ
Qantas will further reduce turnaround times on domestic flights from July as part of efforts to improve fleet utilisation and lower unit costs. A slide presentation accompanying Qantas’s investor day held on Tuesday showed the airline is reducing turn times – how long an aircraft spends on the ground between flights – for domestic Boeing
