AirAsia X will launch daily services between Sydney and Kuala Lumpur from April as the budget carrier turns its focus to Australia after abandoning routes to Europe. During an appearance in Sydney, AirAsia X CEO Azran Osman-Rani said the long haul carrier also hopes to expand its daily Melbourne service to twice daily and open
Virgin Australia is bringing daily Airbus A330 services to Melbourne for the first time, with daily flights to Sydney and twice daily flights to Perth commencing from mid-May. Tickets for the new services went on sale today, with economy fares starting from $99 to Sydney and $195 to Perth, Virgin said. The new flights come
Qantas has launched its fourth Airbus A380 destination with four times weekly service from Sydney to Hong Kong. The inaugural A380 operated QF127 departed Sydney yesterday at 11:45am and arrived in Hong Kong at 5:50pm local time. The service will operate Thursdays through Sundays and will return the same day as QF128. Capacity for the
AirAsia X will suspend flights to Paris and London and curtail services to India in a cost cutting move, the Malaysia based budget carrier announced Thursday. Attributing the move to the familiar combination of global economic uncertainty and soaring fuel costs, the long haul division of AirAsia said it would suspend its only two services
After an ugly 2011, Qantas hopes a supermodel can turn around its image. The airline Thursday announced Australian model Miranda Kerr as its newest “Qantas Ambassador,” joining an embassy already staffed by John Travolta, Cathy Freeman, Mark Webber, Greg Norman, Mark Schwarzer and John Eales. In a statement, Kerr said she was honoured by the
Air New Zealand’s new all black Boeing 777-300ER — billed as the world’s largest black aeroplane — arrived in Auckland yesterday. ZK-OKQ, part of the carrier’s sponsorship of New Zealand’s world champion All Blacks rugby team, joined what is billed as the world’s smallest black aircraft, a 19-seat Beech 1900D turboprop operated by subsidiary Eagle
