Category: Airlines

Hawaiian Airlines has renewed its Boeing 767 heavy maintenance contract with Air New Zealand for a further five years, continuing a long standing partnership between both airlines. The renewed contract will continue to see Hawaiian’s 18 strong 767 fleet rotate through Air New Zealand’s Auckland heavy maintenance facility, with one aircraft already occupying the heavy

The long awaited Senate enquiry into pilot training and airline safety has recommended that an ATPL should be the minimum licence standard for copilots on “high capacity” RPT jet airliners such as the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320. “The committee is of the view that an ATPL should also be required for first officers in

Qantas, Virgin Australia, Jetstar and Tiger have continued to resume scheduled flights on Australian domestic routes but will not return to Tasmania until later this afternoon as the ash cloud from Chile’s Puyehue-Cordon Caulle edges closer to New Zealand’s north and south islands. As a result, trans-Tasman flights have also been ruled out by Qantas,

Qantas, Jetstar and Virgin Australia have resumed most domestic flights out southeastern Australia this afternoon, as the troublesome ash cloud from Chile’s Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano makes its way towards New Zealand. Qantas has resumed flights to and from Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne, while continuing to suspend flights to and from Tasmania. Services to and from