Etihad Airways will wet lease a Boeing 777-300ER from alliance partner Virgin Australia for use on services between Abu Dhabi and Kuala Lampur. The Gulf carrier said the leased aircraft would make one return trip per week as part of Etihad’s daily 777 services between Abu Dhabi and KL. The leased aircraft is outfitted with
Airbus chief operating officer – customers John Leahy has expressed disappointment at Qantas’s recent decision to defer delivery of two more Airbus A380s. ”I wasn’t surprised, I think disappointed is more the word I would use,” Leahy said when asked of Qantas’s decision to defer delivery of two A380s due to be handed over to
Qantas and Jetstar will add nearly 900,000 seats per year to the country’s most competitive east coast routes in a move squarely aimed at rival Virgin Australia. The increases comes amid a spate of news-making announcement by the airline in recent days, including layoffs of maintenance workers and a restructuring that split Qantas’s domestic and
Regional Express (Rex) has announced a series of new services to Mildura and Broken Hill, including direct flights to Mildura from Adelaide and Sydney. The new services, which will be introduced from July 9, include: Six times weekly flights from Adelaide and Sydney to Mildura, an increaase from two to three return flights each weekday
Qantas’s domestic and international businesses have been going in opposite directions for years, with the international side losing money against stiff competition even as the domestic wing continues to bring in solid profits. Now, the two are officially parting company, with Qantas announcing today that it will split its domestic and international operations into separate businesses
Philippine Airlines will redeploy its flagship Boeing 777-300ER to Australia beginning on June 30, the airline says. The Boeing widebody will replace the Airbus A330 and A340 the carrier currently uses on its Melbourne and Sydney routes. Philippine Airlines took delivery of two new 777s in 2010 and initially operated one of them on its
