Regional Express (Rex) has been ranked as the world’s Top Performing Regional Airline by Aviation Week and Space Technology (AWST) for a third consecutive year, ahead of American carriers Skywest Inc, Pinnacle Airlines and Republic Airways. Assessing all publicly traded airlines worldwide, AWST based each ranking score on performance categories covering financial fitness and earnings
The return of Tiger Airways to the Australian domestic market has been delayed at least two more days following the decision by Tiger and CASA to further delay the federal court hearing into the extension of Tiger’s grounding from today until August 5. “Tiger Airways Australia and CASA are currently in ongoing discussions regarding the
China Southern has announced the introduction of twice-daily flights between Guangzhou and Melbourne from October this year, in a move welcomed by Melbourne Airport CEO Chris Woodruff. The airline’s decision to increase the number of Melbourne services comes less than a year after China Southern started daily flights to Melbourne in November, before which it
Virgin Australia and Singapore Airlines began interlining flights and offering reciprocal lounge access from today under the first stage of their alliance partnership. Under the initial agreement, SIA passengers can now connect to Virgin Australia destinations on one ticket, which includes terminal transfers, inflight entertainment and meals onboard. Reciprocal lounge access is also available for
Tiger Airways Australia’s grounding will remain in place at least a few more days after the airline and CASA applied to the federal court to have a directions hearing into CASA’s suspension of Tiger adjourned to Wednesday August 3. “Tiger Airways Australia and CASA are currently in ongoing discussions regarding the suspension and see no
Korean Air will add an additional three flights a week to its Seoul-Auckland service for December and January, taking its schedule from daily flights to 10 times per week. “We have a clear growth strategy focused on driving more travel demand out of Asia. Korean Air’s announcement of increased services between Auckland and Seoul is