Queenstown Airport on New Zealand’s south island has recorded a 5.1 per cent increase in passenger numbers in 2013 over the previous year. The picturesque leisure destination logged 1,215,526 passengers through its facilities in 2013 compared to 1,156,250 in 2012, a rise it attributes in part to strong growth on trans-Tasman routes to Brisbane, Sydney
Regional Express has called for expressions of interest from regional NSW centres for regular public transport (RPT) air services to and from Sydney. The call comes in the wake of the collapse of Brindabella Airlines late last year and Rex subsequently recruiting 14 of Brindabella’s pilots. The airline says it has a “window of opportunity”
Newcastle Airport has announced 1,198,312 passengers used its facilities in 2013, an increase of 16,683 passengers or 1.4 per cent over the previous year. The airport attributes the growth to increased services from Jetstar to the Gold Coast, as well as additional services from Virgin Australia to and from Brisbane. But these were partially offset
The first locally recruited and trained cabin crew members for Virgin Australia’s Adelaide base graduated on January 20. The 24 graduated have been training and testing for the past seven weeks, and will be part of the 80 new jobs the airline says it has brought to Adelaide since opening its base there. “We are
The Labor candidate contesting the by-election for the federal seat of Griffith vacated by former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Terri Butler, has called for the trialling of a curfew for Brisbane Airport. “One thing that should certainly be on the cards is trialling a curfew. They do it in Sydney. There’s no reason why you
The Victorian government has pieced together a deal between Jetstar and Avalon Airport that will see the airline stay on until at least April 2015. Jetstar had announced last week that it was considering dropping Avalon due to services being unprofitable. Local and state media reported that the government is understood to be contributing the majority
