Air travel looks set to be more affordable in 2015 as the recent fall in fuel prices leads to lower ticket prices, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) says. IATA’s Global Economic Outlook report, released on Wednesday, says average return air fares, which exclude surcharges and taxes, are tipped to fall by 5.1 per cent
Airlines around the world are expected to collectively generate profits of US$25 billion in calendar 2015 amid lower fuel prices and stronger global economic growth, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) says. The forecast US$25 billion profit represented a 26 per cent improvement from the US$19.9 billion profit the global airline industry is tipped to
New Zealand Post and Air New Zealand will celebrate the carrier’s 75th anniversary in 2015 with a set of commemorative stamps. The five stamps will illustrate the airline’s history of connecting the Land of the Long White Cloud to the world over the past seven and a half decades, from its beginnings as Tasman Empire
Qantas has begun rolling out new check-in functionality where passengers are sent a text message to their mobile device inviting them to check-in online. “It means for the millions of smartphone users flying with Qantas, just by opening a text message or an email link, they’re only a few clicks away from completing check-in and
Qantas CEO Alan Joyce says he wants to order the Boeing 787, but only after the airline has paid down debt and strengthened its balance sheet. “I want to order it, I think everybody at Qantas wants to have them, they’d love those aircraft to come in,” Joyce said in Brisbane on Tuesday, the day after Qantas
Singapore Airlines owned long-haul low-cost carrier Scoot has announcement plans to begin services to Melbourne next year. Melbourne will become Scoot’s fourth Australian destination when five times weekly Boeing 787-9 services begin on November 1 2015. “We’ve heard loud and clear the demands of Scoot to fly to Melbourne, and we’re delighted to finally be
