Category: Airlines

The integration of merged Brindabella Airlines and Aeropelican takes its final step on June 24 when the 42 year-old Aeropelican name is removed from aircraft and marketing collateral. The fleet will be rebranded as Brindabella Airlines and marketed under the FQ flight designator. The association with Qantas will be maintained. The move completes the merging of

Preliminary financial performance figures released by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) show the region’s carriers achieved US$5.2 billion in combined net profits in 2012, 6.7 per cent above the reported results for 2011. Sustained growth in passenger traffic helped mitigate what the AAPA called a challenging operating environment marked by prolonged weakness in

Jetstar Hong Kong has received backing from one of Asia’s wealthiest property and gambling tycoons, giving the airline greater certainty of approval by authorities to mount Hong Kong’s first locally-based low-cost carrier. Stanley Ho, via his Shun Tak investment company, has taken a 33 per cent stake in Jetstar Hong Kong alongside Qantas and China

The battle for WA has intensified further as Virgin Australia moves to operate all its weekday services between Sydney and Perth with A330s and will increase frequency between Perth and Karratha. The introduction of a seventh A330 to the airline’s fleet later this year will see these aircraft operate all Perth-Sydney and Perth-Melbourne weekday services