The Australian and International Pilots Association (AIPA) has written to the Labor, Liberal and Greens parties seeking an election commitment that they will stop Jetstar from using its overseas operations to sidestep Australian pay and conditions for pilots. AIPA says that it is taking action after Jetstar issued a Flight Standing Order which it says
Jetstar has announced it will increase its schedule of flights into Launceston by 40 per cent from December. From December 2, the airline will operate a second daily service on the Sydney-Launceston route, while from December 10 it will add another frequency to the Melbourne-Launceston route, bringing it up to four times daily. Jetstar says the
Jetstar has confirmed to Australian Aviation that its first 15 Boeing 787s will comprise a mix of 787-8s and -9s as it takes delivery of the Qantas Group’s first 15 Dreamliners. Spokesman Simon Westaway said that the airline will take the initial eight 787-8s from June 2012 as announced by Qantas earlier this week, with
Jetstar will fly direct services from Melbourne and the Gold Coast to Queenstown from mid December, as well as boosting its services from Auckland. The low cost carrier will commence twice weekly services from Melbourne to Queenstown from December 16, with the services from the Gold Coast commencing the day after, and also flown twice
Jetstar will operate the Qantas Group’s first Boeing 787s from mid 2012, with the announcement that the Group has negotiated with Boeing to bring forward the delivery of its first -8 model 787s “by around two years”. Under the new delivery schedule, the Qantas Group’s total order remains at 15 787-8s and 35 787-9s, but
Two Qantas executives who had been prevented from leaving Vietnam have now arrived back in Sydney after the Vietnamese government terminated its investigation into fuel hedging losses at Jetstar Pacific. Tristan Freeman and Daniella Marsilli, who were seconded to the Vietnamese carrier as its chief financial officer and chief operating officer respectively, had been prevented