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Market looking for Qantas update on cost savings
/ | 8 Comments on Market looking for Qantas update on cost savingsWhen Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce steps to the podium to deliver what many tip to be a huge full year loss, the focus won’t be so much on the the number itself. Rather, attention will instead be on any new initiatives to support Australia’s largest airline group’s return to profitability, as well as
Read moreVirgin ready to allow gate-to-gate use of portable electronic devices
/ | 4 Comments on Virgin ready to allow gate-to-gate use of portable electronic devicesVirgin Australia says passengers will soon be able to watch television programs, movies or read e-books from the moment they board their flight until the aircraft arrives at the gate. In a statement released late on Friday afternoon, Virgin Australia said it had applied to the Civil Aviation Safety Authority for an exemption to existing
Read moreAirnorth boosted pilot ranks, changed rosters after 2013 incident: ATSB
/Regional airline Airnorth has boosted its pilot ranks and changed its rostering practices following an unintentional navigation error during a flight in January 2013, the aviation safety investigator says. An Australian Transport Safety Board report found two pilots flying an Airnorth Embraer E170 on January 10 2013 from Darwin to the McArthur River Mine in
Read moreQantas revamps flight schedules to USA
/Qantas has revamped its schedule to the United States and will now offer passengers heading across the Pacific from Sydney the choice of morning, afternoon and early evening flights as well as new three-times-weekly evening services from Melbourne from early 2015. As part of the changes announced on Friday, Melbourne will have 10 flights a week to
Read moreEmptier flights across Australian skies in June
Australia’s domestic carriers flew emptier aircraft in June as economic conditions and recent capacity increases continue to affect demand for air travel, although analysts say the clouds may slowly be lifting. Load factors on domestic flights fell more than two percentage points in June, to 73.2 per cent from 75.4 per cent in the prior corresponding
Read moreFirst RNZAF T-6Cs touch down
/ | 14 Comments on First RNZAF T-6Cs touch downThe first two Beechcraft T-6C Texan II trainers for the Royal New Zealand Air Force touched down at Whenuapai, RNZAF Base Auckland this week at the end of their 20 stop delivery flight from Wichita, Kansas. The two aircraft will be formally handed over to the RNZAF in October after intial pilot and maintenance training
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