Cathay Pacific Airways has detailed plans for its new premium economy class, which will be introduced on Sydney flights from April next year. Premium economy passengers will fly in their own cabin with between 26 and 34 seats to the fore of the normal economy cabin. Seats will feature a pitch of 38 inches –
Hawaiian Airlines has announced plans to upgrade its Sydney-Honolulu service to larger Airbus A330-200 aircraft by May next year. Hawaiian this week became the only carrier operating daily services between Sydney and Honolulu, using Boeing 767-300ER aircraft. Moving from five flights per week to daily service boosted available seats by 40 per cent, or 12,000
Emirates has begun connecting wi-fi service across its Airbus A380 fleet. The service will initially launch on 11 of Emirates’ 19 A380s and will eventually be extended to the entire fleet of 71 A380s the airline currently has on order. In-flight data plans are available through service provider OnAir starting a $7.50 for mobile devices
Fiji based Air Pacific has reported substantially smaller losses than last year though its operations remain in the red. The airline, which is 46 per cent owned by Qantas, today reported operating losses of F$3.6 million ($1.92 million) for the financial ending in March, down from losses of F$91.8 million for the previous year. Air
Jetsar has denied a report that Jetstar Pacific is on the verge of being taken over by Vietnam Airlines, though it says it would support such a takeover. The Ho Chi Minh City based budget carrier has struggled since Jetstar parent Qantas bought a minority stake in the airline in 2008 and rebranded it under
Virgin today officially relaunched its V Australia and Pacific Blue international carriers under the umbrella Virgin Australia brand. The move to a single brand comes as Virgin Australia transitions away from its roots as a budget carrier. “The Virgin Australia name enables us to tap into the huge power of the Virgin brand around the
