Singapore Airlines has announced that it will operate a second daily A380 service on the Singapore-Sydney route during the northern winter scheduling season. The 471-seat A380 will operate on SQ231/222 in place of a 278-seat Boeing 777-300ER from October 31. Despite the increase in capacity, SIA will still operate four daily services between Singapore and
The New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has launched an investigation into an incident where the crew of a Pacific Blue Boeing 737-800 elected to takeoff from Queenstown at a time when it was not permitted to due to the airport’s stringent operating criteria. The aircraft was operating a flight from Queenstown to Sydney with
The Singapore Airlines Group returned to profitability for the quarter ending June 30, aided by rebounding passenger and cargo traffic. The SIA Group recorded a net profit for the three months of S$253m (A$206m), compared to a loss of S$307m (A$250m) recorded during the same quarter last year. This came as Group revenues increased by
The Chinese HNA Group has announced that it is looking to invest up to US$200m (A$223m) in Australian air transport, airport management and other tourism and hospitality operations as part of a major push to expand its presence in the country. As part of the push, the HNA Group’s entire board and 318 delegates from
A decrease in the number of passengers flying without baggage and its young fleet has led Tiger Airways Australia to claim that it is the ‘greenest’ airline in Australia. Tiger says that changes to its baggage fee structure, which controversially sees the airline charge to use check-in counters for those travelling with hand luggage only
The Transport Workers Union (TWU) has been fined $35,000 in the Federal Court after it found that strikes by Qantas baggage handlers in Adelaide and Melbourne in December 2007 were unlawful. The strike, which was carried out to prevent a review by Qantas of its Adelaide ground handling operations, was deemed unlawful as it was
