The Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics’ (BITRE) Domestic Air Fare Index for August shows that discount fares have dropped compared to the same time last year, while business fares have risen slightly. The index for best discount airfares came in at 57.2 for the month, compared to 61.0 in August 2009. The index
A Qantas Airbus A380 operating a flight bound for Sydney was forced to divert to Noumea on August 11, making it the first A380 to visit New Caledonia. “It’s a first for us,” William Grillon, deputy head of operations at the Noumea airport told the ABC. “But we were ready to receive this large aircraft,
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a notice of proposed rule making which would require operators of Boeing 747-400s to modify the wiring of the aircraft’s flap control unit (FCU) following cases of inadvertent flap retraction on some 747s. The proposed airworthiness directive comes from an investigation into an uncommanded flap retraction of
Qantas says that it currently has no plans to sell Terminal 3 at Sydney Airport, scotching speculation that MAp (formerly Macquarie Airports) was lining up to buy it. According to a report in The Australian, the lease on Terminal 3 is up for renewal in 2014, and Qantas says it intends to exercise an option
Cathay Pacific has announced that it is adding a number of frequencies to its Australian network under its northern winter schedule. From November, the carrier will increase the number of services it flies from Sydney to Hong Kong to four times daily, while it will increase the number of services from Perth to 10 times
Pacific Blue has become the third Australian carrier to request an allocation of additional capacity on the Indonesia route following the recent doubling of available seats under a new bilateral agreement between Indonesia and Australia. In an application to the International Air Services Commission (IASC), Pacific Blue seeks an additional 2340 seats each week for
