Tiger Airways will suspend some routes on its domestic Australia network from November as two aircraft are reallocated to its Singaporean operations. According to reports quoting an internal document sent to Tiger staff, the airline will cut its Adelaide-Brisbane and Adelaide-Gold Coast services from November 10. The airline will also reduce frequencies on the Adelaide-Melbourne
QantasLink has been forced to ground five Bombardier Q400s for up to a week from August 22 after cracks were discovered in a main landing gear component of the aircraft during an inspection. The inspections were instituted after advice from Bombardier following incidents experienced by another Q400 operator overseas. It is not known if the
Air New Zealand has been named as a plaintiff in a court case which aims to block Auckland International Airport Limited’s (AIAL) plan to buy a key shareholding in Queenstown Airport and form an alliance between the two airports. In separate court cases, Air New Zealand and the Queenstown Community Strategic Assets Group (SAG) Trustee
Emirates has announced that it will make Hong Kong its next A380 destination from October, making it the 11th A380 destination for the carrier. Starting on 1st October, Emirates A380s will operate daily from Dubai as EK384 via Bangkok with the return flight operating as EK385.The airline will also continue to operate a second daily
Air New Zealand will more than triple the number of charter flights it operates to and from Japan over the southern summer as part of a partnership with Auckland Airport and Tourism New Zealand to boost arrivals from Japan. Between December 26 2010 and 3 April 2011, Air New Zealand will operate 14 return charter
AirAsia has recorded a 42 per cent increase in net profit for the second quarter of 2010, even as the carrier is set to delay the delivery of five A320s. The company’s profit for the three months to the end of June came to RM199m (A$70m) as revenue increased by 26 per cent to RM941m
