Virgin Australia has revealed plans to upgrade its domestic terminals at Sydney and Melbourne Airports, which are expected to be completed by the end of the year. Changes for Sydney Airport will include a new, two level, 560-seat lounge, doubling the size of the existing lounge, five new narrow body parking positions, the capability to
Virgin Australia has revealed product details of its new build Airbus A330-200s, two of which are being delivered to the airline with a third to follow later in the year. The three new A330-200s, which will join the two existing A330-200 acquired secondhand, will be used predominantly for transcontinental services between Sydney and Melbourne and
Jetstar Japan has taken delivery of its first aircraft, with the first of a planned fleet of 24 Airbus A320s handed over in Toulouse this week. The 180-seat A320 is the first of an initial fleet of three Jetstar Japan will use to commence services with from July, initially linking Tokyo Narita with Kansai, Fukuoka,
From July, jilted airline passengers will be able to take their complaints to a new National Airline Customer Advocate. Created in response to the federal government’s National Aviation White Paper, the new position will be funded jointly by Qantas, Virgin Australia, Jetstar, Regional Express and Tiger and will work with a committee of representatives from
Qantas CEO Alan Joyce has called on the federal government to move ahead with plans for a second Sydney airport despite opposition from NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell. In an opinion piece for the Daily Telegraph, Joyce said overcrowding at Sydney’s Kingsford Smith had “got to the stage now it just can’t go much longer” and
Qantas A380 VH-OQA Nancy-Bird Walton touched down in Sydney on Sunday morning, completing its QF32 flight from Singapore 16 months and $139 million in repairs later after its explosive uncontained engine failure on November 4 2010. As QF32 VH-OQA touched down on Sydney’s Runway 16 Right at about 9.20am on Sunday morning, arriving on time despite
