Qantas has lodged an application with the International Air Services Commission (IASC) seeking a two year extension to its codeshare arrangement with South African Airways (SAA) on the South Africa route. Under its arrangement, which started in 2000, SAA buys a ‘hard block’ of seats and codeshares on Qantas services from Sydney to Johannesburg, while
Virgin Blue has reportedly hired three Qantas executives to bolster its push into the lucrative corporate and government travel markets. According to Fairfax Media reports, Virgin has poached Qantas’s former head of government relations Jane McKeon, who will take on a similar role at Virgin based in Canberra in coming months. Virgin has also managed
Transport Minister Anthony Albanese has blasted the Coalition for supporting a disallowance motion put forward by independent Senator Nick Xenophon which has again defeated changes by the government to cockpit access regulations. “Twice now this government has, on the advice of security experts, attempted to put in place regulations which restrict access to only those
Tiger Airways Australia has announced that it will charge passengers who only have carry-on hand luggage to use check-in counters for bookings made after July 1. The airline says that those passengers travelling with only carry-on baggage and wanting to use a check-in counter to complete their check-in process will be able to pre-pay a
Senator Nick Xenophon has again successfully led a disallowance motion against recent changes to Australian Aviation Transport Regulations, making it the second time that the government has been defeated on the measures. The changes, which became effective on May 22, limited cockpit access to those “ with an operational, safety, security or training reason”, and
Qantas and the Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Mangers Australia (APESMA) have ended their long running working conditions and pay dispute. In a new agreement, the airline’s approximately 190 professional engineers will receive a four per cent wage rise and increases in superannuation. APESMA has also won a concession which will allow engineers to
