Virgin Blue’s first Airbus A330-200, VH-XFA, had decals applied to it at Sydney Airport on April 1 which appeared to hint at the airline’s new livery. Photos showed the aircraft featuring a new version of the Virgin ‘flying lady’ on the aircraft’s nose, plus a red band around the engine cowling. No further markings, such
Jetstar CEO Bruce Buchanan has denied claims of a toxic culture within Jetstar, amid allegations aired that the airline has a poor fatigue management system during the ongoing Senate inquiry into pilot training standards. While admitting that there may be isolated incidents of employee disgruntlement, Buchannan largely denied claims of a toxic workplace culture, despite
Skywest Airlines and Discover West Holidays have entered into a new tourism partnership, with the announcement of the rebadged Skywest Holidays. The partnership aims to boost tourism to destinations across the Skywest’s growing WA network through Discover West’s marketing resources and expertise. Skywest Holidays will market itself as a short-break/holiday provider, with both Skywest and
Qantas has announced plans to cut domestic and international capacity growth, suspensions and cuts to some Japan and NZ services, the early retirement of two 767s, and plans to reduce management staff numbers in response to high jet fuel prices and the recent natural disasters in Japan, New Zealand and Queensland. “We need to act
Joint venture partners Qantas and Australia Post have appointed current Qantas Freight head Stephen Cleary as new CEO for their freight business, Star Track Express. Cleary, who has more than 20 years’ experience in the commercial freight, distribution and logistics industries, will begin his new role from May 1. Cleary has been with Qantas for
Strategic Airlines has contracted Emirates Group IT services business Mercator to provide its new reservations and sales distribution IT platform, to be deployed later this year. The airline will use Mercator Asia’s Avantik system, which covers reservations, GDS connectivity, internet bookings, online check-in, departure control and frequent flyer capabilities. “As a brand new RPT airline
