Qantas Group has expanded its Western Australian presence, moving into the Perth Airport operated Terminal 3. Following Virgin Australia’s move across the airport to its new T1 Domestic facility, T3 was flagged for Qantas Group use. This allowed Jetstar services to move from T4 to T3, as well as opening up aerobridge access to a
Virgin Australia has applied to the International Air Services Commission seeking traffic rights to operate daily services from a “major Australian gateway” to both Hong Kong and Beijing as part of its newly-announced alliance with Hainan Airlines parent company HNA. “As part of a proposed alliance with the HNA Aviation Group Co. Ltd, Virgin Australia International
Airbus has received type certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for its A320neo (new engine option) powered with CFM LEAP-1A engines. Certification of the A320neo with CFM powerplants comes about six months after regulators approved the Pratt & Whitney’s Pure Power PW1100G-JM engine variant of the updated
In the Australian news cycle, it seems Qantas and Virgin Australia are never too far away from the headlines. Over the past half-decade, the airlines have been critiqued for low share prices, a reduction in international routes as well as the unprecedented 2011 Qantas fleet grounding. However, a recent report from the University of Sydney
Hainan Airlines’ parent company HNA Group is to take an equity stake in Virgin Australia as part of a new commercial alliance announced on Tuesday. The Chinese airline and aviation conglomerate and Virgin Australia have signed a heads of agreement to form a “strategic commercial alliance” where HNA will take an initial 13 per cent
Airbus has reaffirmed its forecast of delivering 50 of its A350-900s in calendar 2016, despite the “challenges” of delays to cabin equipment. Through the first five months of calendar 2016, Airbus has delivered nine A350-900s to the likes of Cathay Pacific and Singapore Airlines, meaning it has to hand over a further 41 frames
