Qantas plans to deploy the Airbus A380 on the Sydney-Singapore route from the first week of March. The move is one of several changes to Qantas and Jetstar’s Singapore operation that was announced on Thursday. First, Qantas said it would operate the A380 on the QF81/82 rotation between March 4-24 2018, which is scheduled as
Air New Zealand and Virgin Australia are adding extra flights between Auckland and Brisbane amid what the pair says is strong demand for travel across the Tasman. Under the new schedule, the trans-Tasman alliance partners planned to have 34 flights a week on the Auckland-Brisbane route during the winter months, representing a capacity boost of
GE Aviation has announced the appointment of Keren Rambow as regional general manager for South Asia Pacific. Effective immediately, Rambow is taking responsibility for leading sales and operations in Australia and New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and the South Asia Pacific Islands, GE stated. Based in Sydney, she is taking over from Max York,
Dassault Aviation has ditched development of its Falcon 5X business jet in favour of an all-new design due to ongoing issues with the program’s Safran Silvercrest engines and the prospect of further setbacks to an already delayed entry into service. The France-based airframer said on December 13 it had terminated the engine contract for the
Former Jetstar Group chief executive Jayne Hrdlicka has resigned from the Qantas Group, where she currently serves as chief executive of Qantas Loyalty, to head up dairy business The a2 Milk Company. Hrdlicka joined Qantas in 2010 as group executive of strategy and technology before being appointed as CEO of Jetstar in 2012. “Jayne has made
Jetgo plans to add the Embraer E175 to its fleet and operate international flights to Singapore in partnership with the City of Karratha. The Embraer would be used to fly from Brisbane to Karratha, located on the West Australian north west coast in the in the Pilbara region, and then onwards to Singapore, Jetgo and
