Category: Airlines

Virgin Australia’s wing of the overhauled Canberra Airport officially opened today, marking an important milestone in a $450 million upgrade that airport officials hope will prime the facility for a larger role. The facilities unveiled today include a sweeping glass atrium that connects the Qantas wing of the airport with Virgin’s new Western Concourse Terminal,

Qantas and Emirates will offer cargo customers streamlined access to freight capacity as part of the larger alliance between the two airlines, the carriers announced this week. As part of the alliance, which is pending regulatory approval, Emirates SkyCargo and Qantas Freight will cooperate to offer seamless access to cargo capacity on both carrier’s passenger

Air New Zealand has named a former Etihad Airways executive as its new general manager for customer experience. Calum Laming joins Air NZ from Abu Dhabi, where he served as Etihad’s head of guest experience. He previously held senior customer service and marketing roles at Virgin Atlantic and Procter and Gamble. Laming also held in-flight

Reversing a decade long trend toward ever-tighter security regulations, the US FAA will again allow passengers to carry small knives and an assortment of clubs and bats onto flights. The policy change will bring US security standards into line with those overseas and allow the Transportation Security Administration to focus on more serious threats, the