iscoverThe Federal Court has ruled against Qantas long haul pilots in a case seeking to reinstate the pilots’ ability to launch industrial action against the airline. While dismissing the case, however, the court said Fair Work Australia should not have ordered the Australian and International Pilots Association to halt industrial action in the first place.
Jetstar is set to launch one-stop service from Perth to China’s “Hawaii of the East” with four times weekly services to Hainan Island. The service, via Singapore, builds on an existing Jetstar route connecting Singapore with Haikou, Hainan’s capital. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading
Virgin Australia will add two additional weekday return flights between Brisbane and Gladstone in response to demand from the resource sector, the airline said today. The extra flights, which will be phased in starting May 28, will bring Virgin’s weekly flights between the Queensland capital and Gladstone to 58, including five return services on weekdays.
A loose screw caused an iPhone 4 to spontaneously ignite just after a Regional Express flight landed in Sydney late last year, the ATSB has concluded. An examination of the iPhone, conducted at a “specialist facility” in the US, concluded that a small screw had been misplaced inside the phone’s battery bay, apparently during maintenance
Qantas will increase capacity on its domestic network but will defer delivery of two A380 superjumbo jets as part of $400 million in capital expenditure cuts to its struggling international business, the airline announced today. The cuts come on top of a $500 million capex reduction announced in February and will see the two A380s
Airservices Australia is revising its takeoff procedures after a pair of passenger jets came dangerously close to each other as they climbed away from Melbourne Airport in 2010. According to an ATSB investigation released today, the December 5 2010 incident occurred when a Virgin Australia 737 departed Melbourne followed by a Qantas 767 travelling at
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