The first Boeing 787-9 has been handed over to launch customer, Air New Zealand in Seattle. The aircraft, painted in a striking gloss black and silver fern scheme was handed over to the airline on June 30, and will remain in the Seattle area for crew training and familiarisation flights before a formal handover ceremony
Etihad Airways and Air New Zealand have signed an agreement to provide reciprocal line maintenance services in Melbourne and Los Angeles. The agreement will see Etihad Airways perform all scheduled and non-scheduled line maintenance on Air New Zealand aircraft in Melbourne at its engineering facility there, while Air New Zealand has already commenced full line
Labor transport spokesman Anthony Albanese has proposed an amendment to the Qantas Sale Act which would remove restrictions on individual entities owning more than 25 per cent and foreign-owned airlines owning more than 35 per cent of the airline. Speaking in Canberra on June 29, Albanese said the move would give the airline more flexibility
Air New Zealand celebrated 10 years of flying to San Francisco on June 30. Services commenced on June 30 2004 with three flights per week from Auckland, and is now a daily service. Further, the airline says it plans to expand it further to 10 flights per week from mid-December until March 2015, with additional
Jetstar commenced services between Melbourne and Ayers Rock Airport (Uluru) on June 29, with the inaugural flight JQ 664 departing Tullamarine with a full load. “We’ve seen a really positive response from travellers since we announced these flights in March and bookings remain strong,” Jetstar Australia and New Zealand CEO David Hall said in a
Regional Express has been unsuccessful in proceedings it brought against the Dubbo City Council in the NSW Land & Environment Court. The airline had argued that it should not have to pay screening charges or be forced to pass the costs of doing so at Dubbo Airport on to its passengers. The action was brought
