Virgin Blue CEO John Borghetti is reportedly set to present a new business plan for the airline to its board this week, which will include plans to introduce business class and possibly widebody aircraft on short haul services and the adoption of a new name as the airline group plans to increase its share of
Qantas and China Eastern Airlines have expanded their codeshare relationship to include new services from Australia to China via Singapore. Under the expanded arrangement, Qantas will place its code on China Eastern’s three daily services between Singapore and Shanghai from July 1, while China Eastern will place its code on Qantas services from Singapore to
Skywest has released its May operating figures, showing that it had a 7.21 per cent increase in passengers on its RPT services for the month. The increase in passenger numbers helped to push up revenue passenger kilometres by 9.53 per cent, while capacity increased by 1.13 per cent. Load factor increased by four percentage points
Tiger Airways recommenced services to Darwin on June 18, with the carrier starting daily services from Melbourne for the peak tourist season. “The return of Darwin to our network is something we have been working on closely with Darwin Airport and Tourism NT,” said Tiger’s managing director Crawford Rix. “With six weekly flights commencing from
There were 4.43 million domestic passengers in Australia during April 2010, representing a 5.1 per cent increased over the same time last year, according to data from the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE). The increase in passengers brought revenue passenger kilometres up by 4.1 per cent, while capacity increased by 5.8 per
The Bureau of Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) has released its domestic air fare index for June, showing that discount airfares remain sharply lower than over the same time last year. The index in the best discount category for June 2010 stands at 62, down from 80.8 in June 2009, while the restricted economy index
