The International Air Services Commission has made a determination which will allow Strategic Airlines to operate its planned services from Brisbane to Denpasar. The IASC has allowed for the transfer of 408 seats originally allocated to Ozjet on the Indonesia route to Strategic. In addition, Strategic will be required to seek an additional 50 seats
New data from the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics shows that passenger load factors on domestic services increased during October, despite a marginal decrease in passenger numbers. For the month, network-wide load factor increased by 1.9 percentage points to 83.5 per cent compared to the same time last year, while passenger numbers decreased
The High Court in the UK has issued an injunction against the Unite union preventing British Airways cabin crew from taking a 12 day strike over the Christmas period. “We are delighted for our customers that the threat of a Christmas strike has been lifted by the court,” BA said in a statement. “It is
Regional Express announced on December 18 that it has leased two Saab 340Bs to Thai regional carrier SGA Airlines. The aircraft are expected to be delivered on January 5. SGA Airlines is affiliated with low cost carrier Nok Air, and operates services from Chiang Mai to Mae Honson and Udon Thani.
Jetstar will now accept Universal Air Travel Plan and Diners Club cards as forms of payment for customers in the Asia Pacific region. UATP and Diners Club payment methods are particularly popular with businesses and corporate travellers, and this move represent further expansion of Jetstar’s distribution channels.
Fresh from signing a new agreement with Chevron Australia to provide aviation services to support the massive Gorgon LNG project off the coast of Western Australia, Cobham Aviation Services Australia has signed agreements with BAE Systems Regional Aircraft to lease two additional Avro RJ100s and extend the lease on a BAe 146-300 already operated by
