iscoverAir New Zealand says it has reached agreement to acquire a further three per cent shareholding in Virgin Australia, which would take its stake in the Australian number 2 carrier to 22.99 per cent, and says it will consider acquiring another three per cent “to the extent it is permitted to do so under the
Qantas and Boeing are celebrating the delivery of 250 Boeing aircraft, and 100 737s, to Qantas with the handover of the airline’s latest 737-800 in Seattle this week. A delivery dinner was held in Seattle on Tuesday evening ahead of the handover of 737-838 VH-XZG Bungendore, which is in fact Qantas’s 251st Boeing jetliner and 101st
The first 787 for Jetstar has entered final assembly at Boeing’s Everett factory ahead of its planned delivery in late September. The aircraft, to be registered VH-VKA, is due to enter service on Jetstar’s domestic network in Australia in November before transitioning to international flights from December, the airline’s director of Boeing 787 program Mark Dal
Virgin Australia has added Amsterdam to its codeshare agreement with Etihad, as well as Rome with Singapore Airlines and Milan with both Etihad and Singapore Airlines. Customers travelling on Virgin Australia’s network will be able to connect through Abu Dhabi or Singapore on to Milan or Amsterdam on the same ticket, while passengers travelling to
Philippine Airlines has commenced new flights to Perth, Darwin and Brisbane in its biggest ever expansion of Australian services. The carrier’s first service to Perth arrived June 3, with four flights scheduled weekly between Western Australia and Manila. Meanwhile inaugural services to Darwin and new flights to Brisbane have begun, with daily flights scheduled to
Regional Express has acquired its own Saab 340 full flight simulator to be installed at its Wagga Wagga-based Australian Airline Pilot Academy (AAPA). Rex says the Flight Safety built simulator features Flight Safety’s Vital 9 visual system, and is the youngest Saab 340 sim of its type in the world. It will be installed in
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