The Australian Transportation Safety Bureau (ATSB) has released a preliminary report into structural damage suffered by a Virgin Australia ATR 72 on a flight from Canberra to Sydney on February 20. The aircraft – registered VH-FVR – was operating a RPT service into Sydney when the crew experienced a possible over speed event while on
This brief Twitter exchange between the official Virgin Australia and Qantas Twitter accounts on Tuesday night shows that there is no love lost between Australia’s major airlines. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username or Email Password Forgot
Fiji Airways regional subsidiary Pacific Sun has been formally renamed and relaunched as Fiji Link in a ceremony on June 6. The ceremony coincided with the arrival in Suva of the airline’s first of two new ATR 72-600s. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the
New Caledonia’s Aircalin has become the 25th international airline to operate to Melbourne when it commenced services from Noumea on June 6. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username or Email Password Forgot password? Keep me signed
Singapore Airlines has appointed Ms Yen Kho to the position of Sales Manager West Australia, effective June 3. Ms Kho holds an Economics degree from the University of Western Australia and has previously held a number of roles in the travel industry over the past 10 years, and replaces Jacki D’Antonio who has moved to
Jetstar is suspending its Perth-Brisbane and Perth-Lombok services in response to weaker than expected demand on the two markets. The low-cost airline will suspend its six times weekly Perth-Brisbane JQ 980/JQ 981 services from July 1, while its four times a week JQ 111/JQ 112 service between Perth and Lombok will be suspended from October