Category: Airlines

One year has passed since Emirates and Qantas announced their alliance, with both airlines reporting that they are realising the potential of the partnership. In the four months between April and July this year, 850,000 Australians travelled to and via Dubai on Emirates and Qantas services. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members.

Air New Zealand and Virgin Australia have welcomed the decision by New Zealand’s Minister of Transport to extend authorisation of the trans-Tasman alliance. The New Zealand government’s approval was the last hurdle in extending the alliance through to October 2018. In reauthorising the alliance, the New Zealand government has not sought to impose any additional

Virgin Australia is to set up a cabin crew base in Adelaide, in what the airline said is recognition of the city’s growing importance to domestic operations. Creating up to 80 new jobs, Virgin Australia chief customer officer Mark Hassell said: “We have more than 40 flights arriving and departing each day at Adelaide Airport. Having

In a widely anticipated move, Qantas is reviewing the future of its heavy maintenance base in Avalon, Victoria. The continued retirement of 747s, which had been overhauled at Avalon, has significantly reduced workload at Avalon and spurred consideration of a significant downsizing or closure of the facility. Qantas Domestic CEO Lyell Strambi said Avalon “was