Chilean carrier LAN Airlines has announced that it will resume restricted international and domestic services on March 2 following damage to the Arturo Merino Benitez Airport at Santiago as a result of the earthquake experienced off the Chilean coast on February 27. “The situation is far from normal operations. We are working to be able
Jetstar has announced that it will expand its fare product offering on long haul flights with the launch of JetPlus fares. The new fare product, which will only be available on international services operated by its fleet of Airbus A330-200s, will include bundling of a portable video on demand unit, meal and drinks package and
Qantas chief financial officer Colin Storrie has announced that he will resign from the company and its board from March 5 to spend time with his family for personal and health reasons. “Colin Storrie has contributed greatly to Qantas maintaining a strong financial position during his time as CFO and before that as deputy CFO,”
Former Qantas executive general manager John Borghetti has been appointed the new CEO of Virgin Blue effective May 8, succeeding the retiring Brett Godfrey. “We are delighted to have John join us,” Virgin Blue Holdings Limited chairman Neil Chatfield said in a March 2 statement. “He is a highly regarded executive with deep aviation experience
The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) says that demand is starting to recover in the Asia Pacific region, although airlines are also battling higher oil prices and underutilised capacity. Passenger numbers in the region showed an encouraging 8.1 per cent increase during January compared to the same month in 2009. Accordingly, RPKs increased by
Qantas’s newest A330-200, which features personal in flight entertainment, entered service on March 1, operating QF415 from Sydney to Melbourne. Named Clare Valley and registered VH-EBN, the aircraft is the second A330-200 in the Qantas fleet used on domestic services equipped with the Panasonic eX2 IFE system, which features over 500 entertainment options in both
