Air New Zealand is trialling seasonal flights between Christchurch, Queenstown and Mount Cook using ATR72 aircraft. Becoming the 28th domestic destination, Air New Zealand said the addition of Mount Cook was designed to connect key tourism destinations in the south island and will operate as a trial until January 27. The 40-minute flight will operate
Etihad carried 10.29 million passengers during 2012, exceeding its target of 10 million passengers for the year. The figure is up from 8.41 million passengers in 2011, representing a 22 per cent increase. The growth was spurred by partner airlines in which Etihad has investments including Virgin Australia, airberlin, Aer Lingus and Air Seychelles. Etihad
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has given draft approval to the proposed Qantas-Emirates partnership. The approval, granted for five years of the planned 10-year arrangement between the airlines, will allow Qantas and Emirates to coordinate pricing, sales and capacity. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To
By Michael Gisick The Byzantine Empire, as the standard-bearer of Christian civilization for a millennium after the fall of Rome, deserves to be remembered for many things. But it has left its clearest mark in modern English as a term for a particularly self-destructive form of politics – one defined by consuming internal rivalry and
Air Canada is committing to a massive push into the Asia Pacific region during 2013 as part of what it sees as the Pacific Century, including increased frequency to Sydney, consideration of expanding to Melbourne and a raft of new services into Asia. In Australia, the airline has already increased the frequency of services between
Singapore Airlines (SIA) is ramping up international competition in Australia with the announcement it will add a fourth daily service to Melbourne and is scaling up services to Adelaide. From July 1 SIA will operate 28 flights a week from Melbourne and 12 a week from Adelaide. The new services will bring to 121 the