Former Qantas executive Rob Gurney has been appointed to a senior role with the Flying Kangaroo’s alliance partner Emirates. Gurney will start on October 1 as Emirates’ divisional vice president for commercial operations in Australasia, the airline said in a statement on Friday. He replaces Bryan Banson, who is leaving the Dubai-headquartered carrier on October 10. “The
Etihad Airways has used the rollout ceremony of its first Airbus A380 to publicly debut the airline’s new livery. The first of 10 A380s on order, the aircraft (wearing the UAE registration A6-APA) was rolled out to guests and media at Airbus’s Hamburg, Germany facilities in a ceremony on Thursday evening. The A380 is yet to
International passenger traffic posted a second straight month of weak growth in July as healthy increases in North America was offset by weakness in the South Pacific, Asia and South America. The monthly premium traffic monitor report from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said total traffic grew 2.6 per cent in July, compared with
Virgin Australia will introduce what it calls a business/first class seat on transcontinental routes from Perth as part of one of the most dramatic upgrades of cabin product even seen by an Australian airline. Unveiled in Singapore on Wednesday, Virgin chief executive John Borghetti promised the travelling public that the new offering, to be rolled
Regional Express (Rex) says falling profits have led to job losses and cuts across its route network in NSW. Rex chief operating officer Neville Howell says flights to Taree, Grafton, Lismore and Newcastle will be reduced from October 27 following a board-initiated network review following “two consecutive years of steep profit declines”. “Several routes on
Air New Zealand’s last Boeing 747-400 is sporting a very different look as the airline prepares the aircraft for new owners. The aircraft, registration ZK-NBV, ended active service with Air NZ on September 12, with the last flight NZ7 from San Francisco to Auckland. Since then, it has been in the Air NZ hangar being
