The aviation industry needs to show leadership and courage in addressing the challenges of compounding traffic growth over the next two decades, Virgin Australia CEO John Borghetti has said. “Fifty per cent growth in air traffic over the next 20 years represents an additional 140 million passenger movements and we cannot simply keep doing things
Enthusiast Paul Daw captured the moment of demise for former Qantas and National Jet Systems BAe 146-200A VH-YAD at Adelaide on November 2. YAD made its last revenue flight in May 2011 after accumulating total flight hours of 39,047.81 and total cycles of 37,306. The aircraft was flown to Adelaide where it was placed into storage
Qantas founders Hudson Fysh, Paul McGinnes and Fergus McMaster are among the leading historical figures to be inducted into the Australian Aviation Hall of Fame (AAHOF) during a gala dinner in Wagga Wagga later this month. “The inductees were people who have not only achieved incredible feats personally but have also made outstanding contributions to
Virgin Australia has begun codesharing on SilkAir flights to five Indonesian destinations – Bandung, Balikpapan, Lombok, Palembang and Solo. SilkAir, the full-service subsidiary of Virgin Australia shareholder and alliance partner Singapore Airlines, serves the Indonesian destinations via its Singapore hub. Virgin Australia already codeshares on SilkAir flights between Darwin and Singapore, and last month SilkAir
Qantas says “weaker market demand” resulted in Qantas domestic passenger numbers falling by 2.9 per cent in September compared to September 2012, in contrast to competitor Virgin Australia, which saw 2.2 per cent growth in domestic traffic for the month. Qantas Group’s overall passenger numbers were down 0.1 per cent on September 2012, with Qantas
There were 5.13 million passengers carried on Australian domestic flights in August, a modest increase of 1.9 per cent on August 2012, while the 60,232 aircraft movements for the month represented a one percent decrease. Airlines increased capacity at a rate one per cent lower than passenger traffic growth, increasing load factors and reflecting a
