Airnorth has announced that it will operate an additional two services per week on the Darwin-Dili route from October 4. The new Wednesday and Thursday services will mean that Airnorth will operate twice daily services between Darwin and Dili between Mondays and Thursdays and daily services on Fridays and Saturdays. All services are operated with
Virgin Blue and Etihad Airways have received interim authorisation from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for their alliance. The interim authorisation will now allow the two airlines to start selling joint fares on each others’ networks from October 1. The two carriers will integrate the Etihad Guest and Velocity programs, with members able
Qantas CEO Alan Joyce has said that the airline is not interested in a possible merger with British Airways, with the company now focused on pursuing organic growth opportunities in Asia instead. “Been there, done that,” Joyce remarked when recently asked by a reporter about comments from BA CEO Willie Walsh that the airline was
The final report by the French Bureau d’Enquetes et d’Analyses (BEA) has confirmed that icing in angle of attack sensors and pilot error were the main contributing factors to the fatal crash of an Air New Zealand Airbus A320 off the coast of France in November 2008. The aircraft crashed while involved in an end
Air New Zealand CEO Rob Fyfe has used a speech to the National Aviation Press Club in Sydney on September 22 to blast the ACCC’s preliminary decision to oppose its planned trans Tasman alliance with Virgin Blue, labelling the decision as a “threat to our future”, saying that blocking the deal in fact would reduce
AirAsia X has announced that it will launch three times weekly services from Kuala Lumpur to Tokyo’s Haneda Airport from December 9. The route will be operated by its newly reconfigured Airbus A330-300s.
