Category: Airlines

Qantas has reportedly decided to cut 400 jobs at its Tullamarine maintenance facility, following up on plans to consolidate maintenance operations announced earlier this year. The Herald Sun newspaper reported today that the job cuts would come from Tullamarine, where the airline maintains its Boeing 737 fleet, with another 660 workers at Avalon expected to

Qantas says it has so far inspected three of its 14 strong Airbus A380 fleet for wing rib cracking, in accordance with an EASA airworthiness directive issued earlier this year. “To date Qantas has inspected three aircraft for the wing rib cracking,” the airline said in a statement issued on Friday. “In each case limited

Jetstar Japan’s first Airbus A320 has touched down at Tokyo’s Narita International Airport. The brand new 180-seat A320 departed Toulouse, France at 11:00am on April 24 and flew via Cairo in Egypt, Muscat in Oman and Hanoi in Vietnam, before landing at 19:21 at Narita on April 26. This content is available exclusively to Australian

Virgin Australia has revealed plans to upgrade its domestic terminals at Sydney and Melbourne Airports, which are expected to be completed by the end of the year. Changes for Sydney Airport will include a new, two level, 560-seat lounge, doubling the size of the existing lounge, five new narrow body parking positions, the capability to