Strategic Airlines will cease operating flights for Solomon Airlines from March, with the Solomon Islands airline instead announcing plans to operate its own dry leased Airbus A320 “The new lease has been arranged through a major capital management consortium and will be effective from the end of the current ACMI lease with Strategic between 24th
Virgin Blue has signed on as a major co-sponsor of new Australian Football League (AFL) team the Gold Coast Suns, with the airline’s logo to feature on the back of the Suns’ home jersey and on the front of the team’s clash and away jersey in 2011. “Virgin Blue is a strong supporter of the
Singapore Airlines will next year employ its growing Airbus A380 fleet on services to Los Angeles. The airline will commence A380 services to the US west coast via Tokyo after it receives its 12th A380 which is expected to be delivered in February, replacing 375-seat 747-400s on the route.
A French court has found Continental Airlines criminally responsible for the crash of an Air France Concorde shortly after takeoff from Paris’s Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport in July 2000 with the loss of 113 lives. The court ruled that the Concorde ran over a piece of metal that had fallen from a Continental DC-10,
QantasLink has announced it will deploy the Bombardier on its flights to Blackall and Barcaldine from early February 2011. The airline is increasings its weekly services to both Queensland centres from two flights to three each week, with the new flights to be operated by the Q400, complementing the existing Q300s flights. “I would like
Qantas has announced it will lease a Boeing 767-300F freighter for services on the Tasman, increasing its capacity by 40 per cent over current services which are operated by a wet leased ATI 767-200F. The new aircraft, which will also be the first to feature a new Qantas Freight-specific livery, is being added to cater
