Qantas is closing in on a landmark tie-up with Emirates that would see the Flying Kangaroo reroute many of its international flights to Dubai, The Australian Financial Review reported today. An alliance with Emirates – long a subject of speculation – would free up Qantas to focus on Asia as it seeks to resuscitate its
Singapore Airlines subsidiary SilkAir has announced changes to its four times weekly Darwin service for the summer season. The changes will see Wednesday and Sunday flights retimed to depart Singapore at 9:55 am and to return from Darwin at 5:10 pm rather than its current early morning departure time. This will allow for increased connectivity
On the eve of a battle they insist they don’t want, Virgin Australia’s top officials appear keen to make a blunt and simple point: If war with Qantas comes, Virgin is going to win. The latest bit of pre-war posturing came from Virgin chief operating officer Sean Donohue, who told Fairfax that Virgin would be
A lack of maintenance work may lead to the loss of hundreds more Melbourne-based aircraft engineering jobs, according to a report. The report in The Australian claims that LTQ Engineering is investigating shutting down in Tullamarine maintenance facility and shedding up to 200 jobs. LTQ is a joint venture between Lufthansa Technik AG and Qantas
Qantas general counsel Brett Johnson will step down later this year and be replaced by a lawyer who has spent his career specialising in corporate mergers and acquisitions. Andrew Finch will take over as general counsel effective November 1, the airline said in a statement today. Mr Finch is currently a partner at Sydney based
Singapore Airlines has won the Best Airline International On-Line Award for the fifth successive year at the 2012 National Travel Industry Awards. The award coincides with the airline’s 45th year in Australia. Singapore Airlines remains Australian’s largest foreign carrier and claims to be the world’s most awarded airline. This content is available exclusively to Australian