Regional Express says it is disappointed with the government’s revival of the enroute subsidy scheme given it offers only a fraction of the assistance available from the previous scheme. Rex chief operating officer Neville Howell says the $1 million a year for four years to cover air navigation charges from Airservices represented just 15 per cent of
Virgin Australia’s newest Airbus A330-200 has been sighted at the Airbus factory in Toulouse, France, as its delivery date nears. The aircraft has been allocated the Australian registration VH-XFJ, and is due to be delivered to Australia before the end of September and operate its first scheduled passenger flight in the first week of October. It is the sixth and
Qantas is to operate nonstop flights to Canada for the first time, with six seasonal return services between Sydney and Vancouver planned for January 2015. The direct flights will be operated by three-class Boeing 747-400 aircraft and will run twice a week between January 3-22, Qantas said on Tuesday. Flight QF75 will leave Sydney on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 1450
While the regional aviation sector has welcomed the revival of a scheme that subsidises the cost of navigation charges for flights to smaller regional centres, it says the new $1 million a year scheme is much smaller than the one it replaces. The federal government said on Monday it would spend $1 million a year
Emirates says it will add its EK airline code on five more Jetstar-operated flights and give its frequent flyer members the opportunity to earn points on Jetstar services. The Dubai-based Emirates says the new codeshare flights cover Jetstar Asia or Valuair services from Singapore to Penang, Medan and Yangon, as well as Jetstar Airways services
Fiji Airways’ regional unit Fiji Link has added an ATR 42-600 to its fleet. The aircraft, registration DQ-FJY, arrived in Fiji late last week. Previously known as Pacific Sun Airlines, the carrier was rebranded as Fiji Link as its parent company Air Pacific changed its name to Fiji Airways in May 2012. It flies domestically in Fiji, as
