Year: 2015

Jetstar Japan has launched a second international route with flights from Tokyo Narita to Hong Kong due to take off on June 1. The low-cost carrier planned to start with three times a week service between Tokyo and Hong Kong with an Airbus A320, gradually increasing to daily by the start of September, according to

A Lockheed Super Constellation headed for the Qantas Founders Museum at Longreach has had its major components removed ahead of the aircraft’s shipment from the Philippines back to Australia. The Qantas Founders Museum purchased the Super Constellation, which has been grounded for 25 years, at an auction of old aircraft organised by the Manila International

India to lift restrictions on airlines operating internationally The idea has been discussed, debated and flogged to death for years but it finally appears India is getting close to scrapping the contentious 5/20 rule which bars its carriers from operating internationally unless they have a fleet of at least 20 aircraft and have been flying

Australian airlines posted healthy increases in passenger demand in February, suggesting the sluggish trends of recent times many be changing. Figures from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) show Australian domestic revenue passenger kilometres (RPK) rose 3.4 per cent in February 2015, compared with the same month a year ago. This content is available exclusively

Instant scrutiny, life-long repercussions Airline profitability’ seems like juxtaposition these days. More and more capital is poured into these gargantuan entities as margins and yields fall. Market competition is tougher than ever and ‘lowcost’ carriers have altered the expectations of air travellers forever. World-renowned investor Warren Buffett once famously said, “. . . if a

Australia’s internet doesn’t fly Australian flyers look with envy on their American and even European counterparts, who are now used to sitting down, taking off and getting online. Inflight internet is widespread within the United States thanks to the air-to-ground (ATG) network provided by Gogo, the company that evolved from Aircell, which provided the swipe-your-card-tospeak