iscoverVirgin Australia has announced the latest plank in its international airline alliance strategy, with codeshared services on Hawaiian Airlines flights between Sydney and Honolulu, and connections through to the Hawaiian islands of Maui, Kauai and The Big Island, going on sale today. Virgin Australia’s V Australia international long haul airline’s code will be placed on
Qantas CEO Alan Joyce has announced that go slow action and overtime bans by the company’s Australian Licenced Aircraft Maintenance Engineers (ALAEA) members has caused it to ground five domestic aircraft for one month from October 17. Joyce said the grounding is necessary because insufficient maintenance is being worked on the airline’s fleet, meaning flights
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has provided draft approval of the proposed alliance between Virgin Australia and Singapore Airlines. The alliance would see the two airlines codeshare on some services, to align schedules, to offer reciprocal frequent flyer points, and to share airline lounges. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members.
The ALAEA (Australian Licenced Aircraft Engineers Association) called off planned strike action against Qantas today, but not before the airline was forced to cancel 40 flights and delay and bring forward others. “The engineers’ union has waited until a few hours before the planned strike to call it off so that passengers are still disrupted
While the airline continues to battle its engineers, baggage handler and pilots unions over wages and work conditions, Qantas has reached an in-principle enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA) with its short haul cabin crew union. The agreement reached with the Flight Attendants Association of Australia Domestic/Regional Division (FAAA) will be put to a vote to around
Qantas and Airbus have signed contracts for the largest single commercial aircraft order in Australian history. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username or Email Password Forgot password? Keep me signed in on this device. If you
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