Singapore Airlines recorded network-wide passenger growth of 6.1 per cent during September. The airline carried 1.49 million passengers during the month, achieving an average 80.6 per cent load factor despite having added 6.3 per cent more capacity across its network. The airline said the improved performance was the result of strong summer demand particularly on
American Airlines’ parent company AMR Corporation has incurred a loss of US$238 million for the third quarter compared with a US$162m loss in the corresponding quarter of 2011. The airline said costs associated with Chapter 11 restructuring were responsible for the loss, the majority of which was related to employee severance payments. The result comes
Tiger Airways continues to expand with the announcement of flights between Sydney and Mackay starting December 17. Up to five flights a week will provide around 1,800 seats between the cities. The announcement comes a week after the airline said it will introduction four-weekly services between Melbourne and Mackay starting December 18. Around 20 jobs
A US$494 million rescue package has been approved by the Bahrain government for struggling Gulf Air. According to a report in ATW, the conditions imposed on the airline may include substantial down-sizing to focus on regional services, in the process reducing the airline’s international flying program to only Paris and London. Fleet size may be
Tiger Airways has released details of a poll of its passengers for their most favoured destinations for Tiger to fly to next, with Alice Springs topping the list. The top destinations in descending order after Alice Springs were Mackay, Hervey Bay, Avalon and Rockhampton. “As we said from the outset, the voting poll is one
The number of Australian domestic passengers in July 2012 increased by 4.7 per cent compared to July 2011, rising to 5.12 million passengers. According to statistics released by BITRE today, scheduled flights accounted for 4.93 million passengers, up 3.7 per cent, while revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs) increased by 4.7 per cent reflecting additional capacity returning
