Philippine Air Lines has announced that it is bringing forward its plans to introduce its 777-300ERs on its services from Manila to Melbourne and Sydney to February 20, one month ahead of schedule. The 370-seat aircraft, which features lie-flat business class seats, will operate the daily services to Sydney and Melbourne until March 15, when
Qantas has recorded a first half “statutory” profit before tax (PBT) for the half year ended December 31 2009 of $90 million, down from the $288 million first half profit result it posted for the first half of the previous financial year, on revenue of $6.9 billion. “The current half year experienced the full impact
Qantas has announced $400 million plans to reconfigure nine Boeing 747-400s in a three class configuration that removes first and instead features the fully-flat Skybed sleeper seat, and to drop first class suites from its last batch of eight Airbus A380s to be delivered from 2012. “While some travel markets are recovering from the economic
Virgin Atlantic and Hawaiian Airlines have teamed up to offer Australian travellers a round-the-world fare via Honolulu and London. The fares will give passengers the option to fly in either an easterly or westerly direction to and from any nine destinations Virgin Atlantic flies to in the US and three gateways cities served by Hawaiian.
The Australian and Chinese governments have signed a new air services agreement which will increase the number of seats available between the two countries by 70 per cent from the end of this year, as well as giving Australian carriers onward rights from Chinese cities. Under the new agreement, up to 10,500 seats per week
QantasLink commenced its first flight between Adelaide and Port Lincoln on February 15. The new services are operated by 74-seat Bombardier Q400s, adding approximately 3400 seats to the market. QantasLink joins Regional Express on the route, which marks the airline’s return to the South Australian intrastate market.
