Vietnam Airlines will take over majority ownership of Jetstar Pacific in a move that will see the struggling budget carrier get a $25 million cash injection. As part of the long rumoured deal, Qantas will increase its share in the airline from 27 to 30 per cent. Vietnam Airlines will take over the majority stake
Jetstar hopes plastic can buoy its bottom line as it rolls out a pair of announcements aimed at the card carrying public. In what the budget carrier bills as a first for an Australian airline, Jetstar will offer a prepaid multicurrency Mastercard-branded travel card, which Jetstar says will offer frequent overseas travellers a more secure,
Skywest Airlines will take over the regular public transport (RPT) route connecting Perth and Derby (Curtin) following the collapse of Air Australia. Perth based Skywest will operate the route Monday through Friday beginning today, with flights leaving Perth at 6 am and departing Derby at 9:30am. Skywest will operate the route, which is regulated by
Creditors of Air Australia will meet on Wednesday to decide whether to liquidate the failed airline, but it appears likely there will be little to salvage after the carrier collapsed last week. Since Air Australia leased its aircraft and facilities, its few remaining assets would probably be limited to its air operator’s certificate, its engineering
Alliance Airlines has added a 737-400 to its fleet, with the ex Qantas and Qantas-Jetconnect aircraft now operated on Alliance’s behalf by New Zealand based Airwork. The aircraft, ZK-JTQ, arrived in Perth on Monday. It will be operate a twice daily mine charter between Perth and Karratha. It is pictured here transiting Adelaide on its
A union official has lashed out at Qantas plans to shed 500 jobs as illegal, saying the airline should be prosecuted under the Fair Work Act. Calling Qantas CEO Alan Joyce a “foul liar,” Transport Workers Union boss Tony Sheldon said the plan to cut jobs violated requirement laid out by Fair Work Australia and
