Qantas CEO Alan Joyce has accused AIPA (the Australian and International Pilots Association) of playing the “safety card” when it is instead waging an industrial dispute over Jetstar’s sacking of first officer Joe Eakins for a recent newspaper article, noting that Eakins had breached Jetstar’s code of conduct. “When something is related to industrial relations
Tiger Airways announced earlier in the month new destinations from Avalon Airport, with both Brisbane and Canberra to be served by direct links from the Victorian airport from February 2011. Tiger began operating flights from Avalon on November 9. Tiger is due to have 10 A320s in service by the end of the year, with
Singapore Airlines and Garuda Indonesia have signed a codeshare agreement which will take effect on December 1. Under the agreement, the two airlines will codeshare on a reciprocal basis on Singapore’s three daily and Garuda’s once daily flights between Singapore and Bali.
Qantas has returned the Airbus A380 to service three weeks after the QF32 catastrophic engine failure, with flight QF31 from Sydney to London via Singapore departing on late Saturday afternoon. “It’s great that we can reintroduce the aircraft,” Qantas CEO Alan Joyce said at Sydney Airport before the flight’s departure. “We are 100 per cent
Jetstar and Japan Airlines have announced plans to expand and extend their codeshare arrangements on flights between Australia and Japan for a further two years. Adding to the agreement first signed in 2007, the two airlines will extend the agreements currently in place for services between Cairns and Tokyo, Gold Coast and Osaka, and Cairns-Osaka,
Virgin Blue has commenced an upgrade of its Brisbane Airport domestic terminal. The refurbishment, which commenced on November 25, will see more modern amenities including parents rooms added, and improved lighting, general finishes and other improvements added over the next five months. “This is the first major overhaul of our facilities at Brisbane Domestic Terminal
