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FlyPelican launches Adelaide-Newcastle flights using Alliance Airlines Fokker jets
| 12 Comments on FlyPelican launches Adelaide-Newcastle flights using Alliance Airlines Fokker jetsRegional carrier FlyPelican has launched a new Newcastle-Adelaide nonstop service to begin from March 26 2018. The three times a week offering will be operated by Alliance Airlines on behalf of FlyPelican with 80-seat Fokker 70s or 100-seat Fokker 100s, the company said on Monday. Newcastle Airport chief executive Peter Cock said the new two-hour
Read moreVirgin Atlantic to codeshare on Virgin Australia's Hong Kong, LA flights
| 6 Comments on Virgin Atlantic to codeshare on Virgin Australia's Hong Kong, LA flightsVirgin Australia has added a new codeshare partner for two international routes after authorities approved a request to add Virgin Atlantic’s VS airline code on its flights to Hong Kong and Los Angeles. In late December, the airline applied to Australia’s International Air Services Commission (IASC) to have Virgin Atlantic added as a marketing carrier
Read moreUnited commences Sydney-Houston nonstop flights
| 7 Comments on United commences Sydney-Houston nonstop flightsUnited has added a third long-haul route from Sydney with the start of nonstop flights to Houston with Boeing 787-9s. The inaugural flight UA101, operated by Boeing 787-9 N35953, touched down at Sydney Airport a little after 0630 on Saturday, following its 17-hour journey from Houston. The aircraft was on the ground for about six
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Emirates breaks Airbus A380 order drought
| 35 Comments on Emirates breaks Airbus A380 order droughtEmirates Airline has broken the Airbus A380 order drought with a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to purchase up to 36 of the world’s largest passenger aircraft. The MoU, signed in Dubai on Thursday (UAE time) by Emirates chairman and chief executive Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum and Airbus Commercial Aircraft chief operating officer for
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Qantas to begin 787-9 Melbourne-San Francisco flights on September 1
| 11 Comments on Qantas to begin 787-9 Melbourne-San Francisco flights on September 1Qantas has announced a September 1 start date for its upcoming Melbourne-San Francisco flights with Boeing 787-9s. The new four times weekly non-stop service, which was first announced in December 2017, will operate on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Flight schedules released by Qantas on Friday showed QF49 departing Melbourne in the evening and arriving
Read moreAlliance celebrates Kingsford Smith's Pacific crossing with special livery Fokker
| 17 Comments on Alliance celebrates Kingsford Smith's Pacific crossing with special livery FokkerRegional carrier Alliance Airlines is celebrating the 90th anniversary of the first trans-Pacific crossing with a special livery Fokker 100 and a commemorative beer to be offered on its flights. The aircraft, VH-FGB, has an image of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith on the tail, while the fuselage features the Fokker F.VIIb/3m Trimotor, named “Southern Cross“,
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