Air New Zealand will increase capacity to San Francisco, Los Angeles and Vancouver as it moves to replace seats lost by Qantas’s exit from New Zealand-California flights earlier this year. Air NZ will increase San Francisco services from five times weekly to daily, Los Angeles services from 12 per week to twice daily and Vancouver
Hawaiian Airlines will launch Honolulu-Auckland services next year aboard Airbus A330 aircraft rather than the Boeing 767s it had planned to use. The carrier claimed the switch was in response to strong advance bookings, though it also coincided with an announcement of promotional sale fares on the route. Hawaiian is due to begin flying to
Virgin Australia this weekend launched a new ad campaign featuring a group of its own employees, the salt plains of WA, and lots of digital FX. The 60-second television commercial, featuring Megan Washington singing “S’Wonderful,” is described by the airline as a reflection of its “modern, stylish vibrancy”. “When we launched the new Virgin Australia
Virgin Australia will increase flights between Brisbane and Emerald, Newcastle and Rockhampton, citing strong demand from the corporate and resource sectors. Weekday Brisbane-Emerald flights will increase from three to four per day, while a third service will be added on Sundays and a Saturday service will be introduced for the first time. Brisbane-Rockhampton flights will
Two key executives are departing Air New Zealand as the airline reshapes its management team ahead of the departure of CEO Rob Fyfe at the end of the year. Head of people and technical operations chief Vanessa Stoddart is leaving after 10 years with the airline, while Glen Sowry, general manager – operations is also
The opportunities and challenges of fly-in fly-out operations will be the subject of a special panel discussion during the Regional Aviation Association of Australia’s 2012 convention next month. The panel, including senior executives from Alliance, Skywest, Skytrans, Sharp Airlines and Casair, will present an overview of operations, compliance, governance and the resources sector. “The strong
