Air New Zealand and Virgin Australia have welcomed the ACCC’s draft determination to conditionally reauthorise the airlines’ trans-Tasman alliance for a further three years, albeit two years short of the period sought by the two airlines. Under the alliance, which has been in effect for two years, Virgin and Air New Zealand operate a broad
Singapore Airlines’ US$150 million upgrade of cabin and inflight entertainment products aims to bring the the airline to the forefront once again of inflight products. The new seating, cabin environments and inflight entertainment systems will be launched on new-delivery 777-300ERs on selected flights between Singapore and London from September. The new seats and KrisWorld inflight
Virgin Australia Holdings has concluded its 60 per cent acquisition of the newly re-branded Tigerair in what represents the final step in Virgin’s claim for greater market share across regional and domestic markets. The deal, which was announced on October 30 last year, will see Virgin Australia CEO John Borghetti become chairman of Tigerair to
Inbound tourism to south-east Queensland is to receive a further boost from November 24 when Malaysian low-cost airline AirAsia X increases its schedule to daily from the current five a week. The frequency increase will add another 60,000 seats a year between Kuala Lumpur and the Gold Coast. Air Asia X’s entry to the Gold
Virgin Australia’s Velocity Frequent Flyer program has formally launched Australia’s first prepaid travel money card to offer frequent flyer points rewards. In partnership with Visa, the Global Wallet, which is located on one side of the new-look Velocity membership card, enables members to access nine foreign currencies and load money and store it in Australian dollars
Jetstar Japan has become the largest low-cost carrier in the country and the largest operating from Tokyo Narita Airport. The milestone was announced as the airline celebrates its first full year of operations. In the last 12 months the airline has carried more than 1.6 million passengers on a fleet that has grown from two
