A dispute between Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group and Virgin Blue has reportedly delayed the relaunch of the airline until the start of next year, with the airline’s new name and branding understood to be the major sticking point. The two businesses have been involved in an ongoing dispute over the ‘V Australia’ name which
The Regional Aviation Association of Australia (RAAA) and Ansett Aviation Training have launched two scholarships for King Air or Metro endorsement training for trainee pilots who hold, or are soon to complete, their CPL. The two courses are valued at a total of $22,000, and will see the awardees undergo a 12 working day long
Air Mauritius has resumed flights to Sydney, with its first flight after an 18 month absence landing on July 6, in the process doubling the airline’s frequency of service to Australia. The new weekly flight operates via Melbourne, while Air Mauritius has decoupled Melbourne from its weekly Perth service, which now terminates in the WA
NSW Department of Education chief information officer (CIO) Stephen Wilson will take on the same role with Qantas from August 30, according to reports, replacing Segar Reddy, who has resigned. Wilson will report to Qantas group executive corporate services and technology David Hall.
Strategic Airlines has announced plans to operate a weekly Brisbane-Port Hedland-Denpasar (Bali) flight from August 3 using a two class, 156-seat Airbus A320. The Port Hedland-Denpasar service will depart Port Hedland every Tuesday at 2.15pm and arrive in Denpasar at 4.15pm. The return flight will depart Denpasar at 8.00am each Wednesday, and arrive at Port
Two Qantas executives who had been prevented from leaving Vietnam have now arrived back in Sydney after the Vietnamese government terminated its investigation into fuel hedging losses at Jetstar Pacific. Tristan Freeman and Daniella Marsilli, who were seconded to the Vietnamese carrier as its chief financial officer and chief operating officer respectively, had been prevented
