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Virgin Australia has detailed its schedule for its new flights to the Queensland regional centre of Emerald, with twice daily weekday flights due to begin on January 16 2012. Virgin Australia 68-seat ATR 72s will operate morning and afternoon flights twice daily between Brisbane and Emerald during the week, plus afternoon flights on Sundays. This

Air Pacific has signed a firm order with Airbus for three A330-200s to overhaul its long haul fleet. The A330s, which will be delivered in 2013, will replace the airline’s two 747-400s, and will operate from the Fijian airline’s Nadi base to Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Australia, and New Zealand. This content is available exclusively to

The union representing Qantas maintenance engineers, the ALAEA, has today called a three week halt to its campaign of protected industrial action against the airline. “With immediate effect all industrial action is called off for three weeks,” a statement on the ALAEA’s website published Thursday afternoon reads. “Members are requested to accept all overtime offered.

Air Pacific has taken delivery of a new Boeing 737-800, its first new aircraft delivery since 2003, which will allow the Fijian airline to operate a near double daily service between Nadi and Sydney. The leased 737, DQ-FJM, has been christened Mamanuca Islands, in a ceremony at Nadi, and is configured to seat 162 in economy