New passenger data from the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) shows that the number of domestic passengers increased by 6.1 per cent during March to 4.49 million passengers. Revenue passenger kilometres increased by 5.0 per cent for the month compared to the same month in 2009, while capacity in ASKs rose by
Fair Work Australia has agreed to convene a full bench to hear the Australian and International Pilots Association (AIPA)’s argument that Qantas pay pilots employed by its New Zealand based Jetconnect subsidiary the same wages and conditions as it pays its Australian based pilots. AIPA claims that New Zealand based pilots employed by Jetconnect to
Skywest has announced that it has appointed Alan Stuart as its general manager of sales and marketing. Stuart comes to Skywest with 20 years of industry experience, including holding senior roles at Qantas, Serco and Great Southern Railway. “This new role offers the opportunity to tackle new challenges, achieve business milestones and build on Skywest’s
Tiger Airways Australia’s new managing director, Crawford Rix, will start work at the airline from June 1, the company announced on May 24. “Tiger Airways is moving from strength to strength, having recently broken even in its second full year of operations and shortly to launch its third base at Avalon in Victoria,” said Tiger
Asiana Airlines has been named the world airline of the year in the 2010 Skytrax World Airline Awards, while Air New Zealand was awarded for best airline in the Australia-Pacific region, ahead of Qantas and V Australia. “When evaluating the survey results, the real strength that was shining through for Asiana Airlines is their front-line
Qantas had the highest rate of on time performance during April, in a month when the industry average was slightly lower than the long term average. Qantas had an on time departure rate of 89.4 per cent for the month, followed by Virgin Blue at 86.9 per cent, Jetstar at 85.9 per cent and Tiger
