Low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific (CEB) says it will seek additional traffic rights for Philippine carriers to Australia in upcoming talks in Canberra. Cebu currently flies five times a week between Manila and Sydney with Airbus A330-300s and is unable to increase frequencies as Philippine carriers have utilised their full capacity entitlements under the bilateral air
Virgin Australia has retained the title of the nation’s most punctual airline for a fifth straight month. Figures from the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) showed Virgin led all airlines in March with an on time departure rate of 91.8 per cent, while its on time arrival rate was also an industry
Velocity Frequent Flyer chief executive Neil Thompson says new points-earning opportunities such as the partnership with BP is latest initiative to increase the program’s membership base. The loyalty program of Virgin Australia currently has about 4.9 million members and is aiming to reach seven million by 2017. Thompson says adding fuel purchases – the partnership
Australia’s competition watchdog has put AirAsia X under the spotlight for failing to adequately deal with passengers affected by two cancelled services and secured commitments from budget carrier to promptly process all outstanding claims. Consumers affected by the end of AirAsia X’s Adelaide-Kuala Lumpur service in January, and its failure to launch new Melbourne-Bali flights on Boxing Day
South Australia’s aviation industry has received a second blow in April with Alliance Aviation Services to outsource heavy maintenance work to Europe. Alliance, which is mainly a fly-in/fly-out and charter operator, said on Tuesday it would send its Fokker fleet to Austrian Technik Bratislava for its regular heavy maintenance checks. The transfer of that work, which is
There will be 10 special passengers on board Qantas’s one-off flight to Turkey when it takes off from Sydney Airport on Tuesday evening. The Boeing 747-400ER VH-OEI that will make the journey from Kingsford Smith to Istanbul’s Sabiha Gökçen Airport via Perth is carrying 10 widows of World War One veterans who are headed to
