A Jetstar A330 first officer has been sacked by the airline for “multiple breaches” of its code of conduct after he wrote an article for The Age newspaper criticising Jetstar’s plans to establish a Singapore base using Australian registered aircraft. In the article, published in mid November, Joseph Eakins, who is also a union representative
Garuda Indonesia has announced it will join the SkyTeam airline alliance in 2012. “Joining SkyTeam is a long term development strategy for Garuda Indonesia, and for years we have been upgrading our service and actively forging cooperation with SkyTeam member airlines with this objective in mind,” said Garuda president and CEO Emirsyah Satar. “Jakarta will
Virgin Blue has announced it will double its planned Airbus A330-200 fleet to four aircraft in early 2012, when two further aircraft will join the initial two due to enter service next May. All four aircraft will operate on transcontinental services to and from Perth. “These aircraft will be dedicated to domestic long haul services
Qantas will resume limited Airbus A380 operations to Singapore and London from November 27 after what it calls an “intensive” inspection program for the aircraft’s Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines. “Together with the engine and aircraft manufacturers and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA), Qantas is now satisfied that it can begin reintroducing A380s to its
Hawaiian Airlines will increase its Sydney-Honolulu service to daily during the peak April 6 to August 1 travel period next year, the airline has announced. The airline currently operates on the route four times a week, and will also revert to a five times weekly schedule from August 2 2011. All flights will be operated
LAN Airlines resumed daily flights between Sydney and Santiago on November 17, having cut services during the GFC. The flights are operated by 260 seat, two-class Airbus A340-300s, via Auckland.
