Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has described as encouraging recent statistics which showed the airline is growing passenger numbers into and out of Australia. The Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) figures showed MAS carried 127,719 passengers between Kuala Lumpur and its Australian ports Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney in February, up 7.8
United Airlines has appointed a former manager at Cathay Pacific at its new director of sales for Australia and New Zealand. Julie Reid, who has been sales and marketing manager for Australia at Cathay for the past three years and has also worked at travel services provider HRG, takes up her new role on May
Tourism Australia has signed a marketing agreement with Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific. The two parties will jointly invest $2 million in 2015 promoting Australia in key overseas markets China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and the UK. Moreover, Cathay will promote Australia at 40,000 feet with images of the nation’s best food, landmarks and experiences
Air India is dropping tag flights between Sydney and Melbourne and will instead offer non-stop services from Delhi to both cities. The change, which will apply from May 16, will result in Air India flying the Delhi-Sydney route four times a week and offer three weekly Delhi-Melbourne services. Currently, the Indian flag carrier operates daily
Emirates has reported a hefty increase in annual profit as revenues and passenger numbers grew on its Australasian routes and despite challenges such as runway closures at its Dubai hub, the Ebola outbreak and armed conflict in several regions. The Qantas alliance partner said in a statement on Thursday (Dubai time) operating profit for the
A number of leading Australian companies, including Jetstar, have joined with World Vision to raise funds to help the thousands of people hit by the Nepal earthquakes. The earthquake that struck on April 25 has killed more than 7,000 people, injured 14,000 and left scores homeless throughout the country. Jetstar is donating $1 from every
