Etihad Airways will launch daily flights to Brisbane early next year as international carriers continue to tighten the screw on Qantas’s struggling overseas network. Etihad’s announcement comes just after China Southern said it would ramp up to daily Brisbane flights, part of a dramatic increase in that carrier’s Australian footprint. Etihad, which operates in an
Fijian national carrier Air Pacific has unveiled the brandmark that will be used when the airline relaunches itself as ‘Fiji Airways’ next year. The brandmark is built around a ‘Masi symbol’ designed by Fijian artist Makereta Matemosi. “At the centre of the new Masi symbol is a distinctive Teteva motif, which symbolises the airline, its
Tiger Airlines has won a major financial concession from the South Australian state government, after closing its Adelaide base last August and ending services to the city. The move breached a commercial agreement with the SA government, under which Tiger received a $2.25 million incentive grant in 2009 to establish its SA base. After its
A Sydney court has fined Qantas for breaching workplace laws by bullying an engineer into withdrawing a claim for entitlements. In its ruling, the Federal Magistrates Court said Qantas and Qantas manager Peter Cawthorne had unlawfully pressured engineer Luke Murray into dropping a claim for entitlements following a 2010 posting in Japan. Mr Murray claimed
Struggling Hong Kong Airlines is reigning in its ambitions in a move that could see both Airbus and Boeing take a hit. The airline’s president, Yang Jianhong, said yesterday that it would replace orders for five Boeing 787-8s and sell two Boeing 737-300 freighters in favour of Airbus A330 and A320 aircraft. Mr Yang said
China Southern Airlines will launch service to Cairns and increase flights to Brisbane as it continues a dramatic expansion of services to Australia. The carrier – China’s largest international airline – will make Cairns its fifth Australian port with three weekly flights from its Guangzhou hub commencing in December, when it will also increase Brisbane
