Category: Airlines

Jetstar will add a ninth A320 aircraft to its New Zealand fleet as it boosts domestic and trans-Tasman capacity. The Qantas subsidiary said it will add up to 20 additional weekly flight between Wellington and Auckland and up to seven extra flights from Christchurch to Wellington and Auckland. An extra weekly flight from Queenstown to

Virgin Australia says its mobile boarding passes will work with the new iPhone’s Passbook app. The app, billed as a ‘digital wallet’ for storing such things as boarding passes, movie and event tickets and membership cards, will come integrated with the new iPhone 5, scheduled to go on sale Friday. The app will also be

Emirates and Qantas could expand their alliance to include flights to North America, Emirates boss Tim Clark has said after revealing the Dubai based carrier is in alliance talks with American Airlines. Mr Clark said talks with American parent AMR have been ongoing since late last year and involve codesharing and reciprocal frequent flier benefits.

Qantas’s efforts to extend its codesharing partnership with South African Airways have won a partial victory despite concerns over its effect on competition, with the tie-up tentatively approved through 2014. The International Air Services Commission earlier this year rebuffed a Qantas request to extend the codeshare for five years, instead proposing to terminate the 12-year-old