Tiger Airways has announced that it will return to the Darwin-Melbourne route from June 18, flying six weekly services. Tiger previously cancelled its Darwin-Melbourne and Singapore-Darwin services in October 2008, citing high airport charges. This came as Jetstar began ramping up services to Darwin in an effort to make it a regional hub for services
The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) says that a strong increase in passenger and freight traffic during February 2010 was a sign that the global economic recovery has gained momentum. For the month, the number of passengers carried by AAPA members increased by 16.9 per cent, raising RPKs by 14 per cent. Capacity increased
SITA’s 2010 Baggage Report has shown a 23.8 per cent fall in mishandled passenger baggage last year, saving the airline industry US$460m (A$494m). “Some of the decline can be attributed to fewer passengers travelling last year but the 2.9 per cent decline in passenger numbers is still far smaller than the 23.8 per cent decline
The International Air Services Commission (IASC) has granted Qantas an allocation of 888 seats per week on the Papua New Guinea route, which will allow QantasLink to operate 12 services per week between Cairns and Port Moresby. QantasLink is planning to start services on the route utilising 74-seat Bombardier Q400s from July. Air Niugini and
The Regional Aviation Association of Australia (RAAA) has hit out at what it claims is a proposed 6000 per cent increase in parking charges for aircraft in the general aviation parking area at Sydney Airport, labelling it as “brutal, monopolistic behaviour”. “Regional airline and general aviation operators rely on access to Sydney Airport to provide
Japan Air Lines Cargo has announced that it will cease operating dedicated freighter aircraft cargo as JAL restructures itself in an effort to increase its profitability. JAL Cargo currently operates a fleet of seven Boeing 747-400Fs and three 767-300Fs, and will gradually retire the aircraft over the coming year, and will instead concentrate on marketing
