Regional Express Holdings has recorded a 7.2 per cent increase in profit after tax, with the aviation group aided by an increase in charter services and the government’s stimulus incentives. The group, which also includes its subsidiaries Pel-Air, Air Link and the Australian Airline Pilot Academy, achieved a new record with its profit after tax
Jetstar has announced plans to add more frequencies on a number of services to Cairns from early next year. From January 13, the airline will increase its services on the Gold Coast-Cairns route from three times per week to daily, while Brisbane-Cairns services will be boosted from three to four times daily. In addition, services
The ATSB has revealed that Tiger Airways Australia failed to report an aileron oscillation incident in 2008 which came to light while it investigated a similar incident on the same aircraft eight months later. The incident under investigation occurred on May 18 2009 and involved Tiger A320 VH-VNC. The aircraft was being operated on a
Qantas has announced that it will introduce the premium economy cabin on its services to Tokyo and Frankfurt as it retrofits six Boeing 747-400s with the new seats. “Qantas currently offers premium economy on services to Bangkok, Hong Kong, Singapore, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Buenos Aires. Increased demand for this product, particularly
Jetstar is on a collision course with its pilots group over plans to offshore some of its flying operations, with a meeting of pilots in Sydney on August 23 passing a no confidence motion against CEO Bruce Buchanan and also backing a go-slow and other action against the airline. The vote of no confidence was
The latest domestic airline on time performance report from the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) shows that Qantas had the highest rate of on time departures among the four major airlines during July. For the month, Qantas recorded an 82.8 per cent on time departure rate, followed by Jetstar at 82.7 per
