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Qantas says yields improved across both its domestic and international operations for a third straight month in November as it maintained capacity discipline at home and benefitted from more benign capacity growth from foreign carriers. On the domestic front, Qantas said on Tuesday yields – an industry term measuring average airfares per passenger – improved

Perth has been named as Emirates’ 34th Airbus A380 destination, with the Dubai-based carrier to add the West Australian capital to its growing network featuring the double decker superjumbo from May 2015. Emirates said it would swap one of its three daily flights to Perth from the Boeing 777-300ER to the A380 from May 1, which

The Queensland government will contribute $300 million to RACQ CareFlight Queensland over the next decade to assist with the operations of the state-based helicopter rescue service and to upgrade its helicopter fleet and network of bases. “The Newman government has provided CareFlight with certainty over the next decade, enabling the service to continue to meet

GE Aviation says it has delivered its 2,000th GE90 engine used on the Boeing 777 family of aircraft. The GE90 engines were used by about 70 operators around the world, GE Aviation said in a statement on Monday (US time). This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue

AirAsia X has firmed up an order for 55 Airbus A330neo, or new engine option, aircraft. The Asia-based low-cost carrier has converted a Memorandum of Understanding for 50 of the updated and re-engined Airbus A330 model signed in July, and added a further five frames. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login

Fiji Airways has bulked up its New Zealand network with new twice weekly flights between Nadi and Wellington to start in June 2015. The new route to the New Zealand capital was due to commence on June 25 2015 and operate on Thursdays and Sundays, Fiji Airways said in a statement on Monday. This content