Air China has taken delivery of a 777-300ER sporting a blended paint design featuring 40 smiling faces of Chinese people. The livery is intended to represent the critical role Chinese aviation has played in bringing China to the world. The livert coincides with Boeing’s 40th year in China.
Qantas has unveiled a Boeing 737-800 sporting a moustache to mark Mowvember. Supporting awareness of prostate cancer and men’s mental health via the airline’s partnership with the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia, the promotion was launched by the Qantas Wallabies.
Jetstar carried its 100 millionth passenger on October 31, marking a significant milestone in the airline’s eight and half years of flying. In doing so, Jetstar becomes one of the fastest growing airline brands in the world, now carrying approximately 20 million passengers a year to 60 destinations in 16 countries with a fleet of
Virgin Australia shareholder Etihad Airways has placed orders for two more Airbus A330-200s in a deal worth US$418 million at current list prices. The Rolls-Royce Trent-powered aircraft will be delivered in January and March 2014 respectively. They will be configured with 22 lie-flat business class and 240 economy seats and will operate throughout the airline’s
Air New Zealand has taken delivery of its first ATR 72-600, ordered under an October 2011 contract for seven firm aircraft plus options for another five. The aircraft, painted in a striking all-black livery in support of the country’s rugby union team, will enter service in early November between Christchurch and Wellington. The ATR 72-600s will
Within the space of an hour long news conference Virgin Australia’s John Borghetti signalled a major shake-up of the Australian domestic and regional markets that will have profound implications for the local airline environment. By acquiring control of Tiger Airways, Virgin Australia has gained an immediate entry into the low cost market against Qantas’s Jetstar,
