Chile flag carrier LAN has commenced Boeing 787 operations to Australia and New Zealand from its Santiago hub. The airline’s first flight with the Dreamliner on the Santiago-Auckland-Sydney route took off from Comodoro Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport just after midnight on Friday April 17, with LA801 landing in Auckland little before 0400 local time
Australia’s competition regulator has given Qantas more time respond to its draft ruling blocking the airline’s proposed alliance with China Eastern. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) had indicated it intended to block the proposed alliance in a draft ruling on March 24, and submissions in response to that determination were due by April
Perth will again be served by year-round Qantas international services after the airline announced on Friday plans to operate fives times weekly flights to Singapore. The new flights will be operated by narrowbody 737-800s and are due to commence from June 26. “We know how important it is for West Australian business travellers to have seamless
Air New Zealand’s push into the US heartland with new direct flights to Houston is all about opening up more opportunities for those in the US to make the journey across the Pacific, chief executive Christopher Luxon says. The airline has announced Houston, a Texas oil and gas centre and a major hub of fellow
Tigerair Australia’s fleet of Airbus A320s will have some component maintenance work completed at Air New Zealand’s Auckland engineering facility as a result of a new agreement between the Kiwi carrier and AJW Group. Air NZ chief operations officer Bruce Parton said he hoped the extended partnership with AJW would “create a real hub for
Air New Zealand will add a fifth North American destination from December when it starts flying between Auckland and Houston. The new service will be operated by Boeing 777-200ER aircraft and run up to five times a week, Air NZ said in a statement on Thursday. Houston will join Los Angeles, San Francisco, Vancouver and
