Virgin Blue and Boeing have formally signed an agreement which will see the airline take up to 105 additional Boeing 737NGs. The order is comprised of a firm order for 50 737-800s, with 25 firm delivery options and a further 30 purchase rights, all of which could be converted to smaller 737-700s or larger 737-900s.
Pacific Blue has lodged an application with the International Air Services Commission (IASC) to increase its services to the Cook Islands. The airline has requested rights to operate two additional services between Australia and the Cook Islands for a period of five years, which would be progressively introduced and fully utilised by April 1 2011.
Emirates Airline and Tourism New South Wales have signed a $2.4 million, three year joint marketing agreement, which comes as the airline celebrates 10 years of service to Sydney. “Given the importance of the Sydney and wider NSW market to Emirates, we hope this partnership will further serve to grow the inbound travel market for
Authorities in Macau have reportedly revoked the air operator’s certificate of Viva Macau after the airline suspended services over the weekend due to its poor financial position. The airline did not operate a number of services from March 26 after it failed to pay for fuel, leaving thousands of passengers stranded in Macau and elsewhere.
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) added an additional weekly service on the Kuala Lumpur-Perth route in late March, bringing the number of services per week to 10. The additional service, which will be operated on a Saturday, will give passengers additional connectivity to a number of destinations through the airline’s Kuala Lumpur hub, and will cater for
The federal government has moved to ban older “marginally noise-compliant” aircraft, such as Boeing 727 Freighters, from major airports from July 1. In accordance with the Aviation White Paper, the ban will be phased in over two stages. From July 1, hushkitted aircraft will not be permitted to operate new services from Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne,
