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Tiger launches online customer support
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Tiger Airways has launched an customer support ‘portal’ on its website “Our new online customer support portal will be a vast improvement for customers, as they can now submit their enquiries using the Tiger Airways website rather than sending a letter or fax” said Crawford Rix, CEO of Tiger Airways in Australia. Tiger claims its

Qantas’s ‘Great Crusade’
Airlines

Qantas has applied specal decals to Jetconnect operated Boeing 737-838 ZK-ZQF to promote its ‘Great Crusade’ competition where rugby fans have the chance to win a place on a supporter’s tour of New Zealand for the upcoming Rugby World Cup. The 737, pictured here at Sydney on May 4, entered service with its ‘Great Crusade’

Virgin Australia touches down
Airlines

Virgin Blue has been renamed as Virgin Australia, with the first two aircraft painted in the airline’s new livery, a Boeing 737-800 and a Airbus A330-200, touching down at Sydney Airport just after 9am this morning. From today Virgin Blue will operate domestically in Australia as Virgin Australia, while CEO John Borghetti also confirmed that

Virgin Blue to relaunch as Virgin Australia?
Airlines

Virgin Blue looks set to relaunch as Virgin Australia tomorrow, when the airline’s second Airbus A330-200 and a new Boeing  737-800 land at Sydney Airport at around 9am wearing the airline’s new colours. “On 4th May 2011, Sir Richard Branson will join Virgin Blue Group of Airlines CEO, John Borghetti, to unveil the new face

Crashed Air France flight memory module found
Airlines

The memory module of the flight data recorder of the doomed Air France Flight 447 (AF447) has been found by search teams in the Atlantic Ocean, giving hope investigators will be able to determine what caused the 2009 crash of the Airbus A330-200. According to reports the memory module was recovered by the Ile de

VB announces further increases to fares and fuel surcharges
Airlines

Virgin Blue has announced it is again increasing its fares and international fuel surcharges, blaming the continued rise in fuel prices, with jet fuel now sitting at US$140 per barrel. “The changes we’re announcing today will only go some way towards recovering our fuel costs and are necessary in this environment,” VB CEO and managing