Charter services from Cathay Pacific and China Southern are expected to bring about 1,800 visitors to the Gold Coast over the Chinese New Year period, the city’s airport says. China Southern’s charter flight from Shenzhen arrived on February 15, while Cathay is operating five charter services from its Hong Kong hub between February 16-28. China
Australia’s competition watchdog has given the Board of Airline Representatives of Australia (BARA) the green light to negotiate on behalf of its member airlines for a further 10 years. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) says BARA’s collective bargaining is likely to result in public benefits from cost savings associated with the pooling and
Perth Airport will receive its fourth Boeing 787 operator in April when China Southern deploys the Dreamliner on its thrice-weekly service from the airline’s Guangzhou hub. China Southern said on Thursday it would replace the Airbus A330-200 currently being used on the route with a 787-8 configured with four first, 24 business and 200 economy class
Gold Coast Airport will have Airservices’ new digital air traffic control suite by the end of 2015. Airservices said on Tuesday it had awarded a $20 million contract to defence and security company Saab for the installation of its Integrated Tower Automation Suite (INTAS) at four existing control towers – Brisbane, Cairns, Gold Coast and
Townsville Airport will be able to accept scheduled international flights from the start of March after the federal government agreed to support passenger processing at the North Queensland gateway. The federal government says there has been an “in-principle agreement of the National Passenger Processing Committee to facilitate international services at Townsville Airport”. “Queensland Airports Ltd has
Some new generation business jets that have been produced since 2005 will now be able to land and take off at Sydney and Adelaide airports during curfew hours, the federal government says. The list of aircraft allowed to operate between 11pm and 6am at both airports has been updated following a review that commenced in September
