Virgin Blue has reported a rise in domestic traffic during July, although faster capacity growth resulted in a small fall in load factor. Compared to July 2009, the carrier saw an increase of 4.7 per cent in domestic passengers, resulting in a 3.9 per cent increase in revenue passenger kilometres. Capacity increased by 5.5 per
Air France Airbus A380s will take part in ‘green flight’ revenue flight trials between New York and Paris during the fourth quarter of 2010 to test procedures similar to those used during the ASPIRE trial flights between Australia and the US conducted last year. The Transatlantic Green Flight (TGF) trials are being led by Airbus
Qantas will increase its capacity on its China routes, according to a recent filing with the International Air Services Commission (IASC), which states that the airline will upgrade some of its services from Airbus A330s to Boeing 747-400s for the northern winter scheduling season. In its application, the airline is seeking to increase its allocation
Air New Zealand has recorded a six per cent fall in normalised earnings, although the airline says that it remained one of the world’s best performing airlines during a challenging year. For the financial year ending June 31, the airline recorded normalised earnings of NZ$137m (A$108.6m), compared to NZ$145m (A$114.9m) the year prior, while net
Virgin Blue CEO John Borghetti has announced that the carrier will take on Airbus A330-200s for domestic flying, restructure the V Australia network, enter into a new relationship with Etihad Airways and dispose of its Embraer E-170 E-Jets as its full year net profit before tax came in within its guidance of $20-$40 million. The
Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce has announced that Qantas and Jetstar intend to add more than 66,000 seats per week to the domestic market over the next nine months in response to recovering conditions. “We are seeing improved demand domestically and the introduction of these additional services and aircraft will see the Qantas Group well
