Category: Airlines

Qantas Freight is reportedly considering a plan to lease a small number of Boeing 747-8F or 777F freighters, in an agreement likely to be announced in coming months, according to Air Transport Intelligence (ATI). Qantas Freight currently wet-leases three 747-400F freighters from Atlas Air, with a Qantas spokesman telling ATI that the airline is “always

Reports emerged last week that CASA issued low cost carrier Tiger Airways a ‘show cause’ notice on March 23. Neither CASA nor Tiger have detailed publicly the contents of the show cause notice – which, if not satisfactorily responded to, could have seen the airline grounded – but they are said not to be immediately safety critical,

Air New Zealand has launched its Aviation Institute, a consolidated “one-stop-shop” training organisation which will undertake the majority of the airline’s training requirements, plus provide services for third party customers. Comprising five ‘schools’ at two main ‘campusues’ in Auckland and Christchurch, and employing 150 staff providing 35,000 individual courses annually, the Aviation Institute will conduct training

Qantas has announced that it will again increase its international fuel surcharges and raise domestic, regional and trans Tasman fares by five per cent, in response to rising oil and jet fuel prices. The increases will apply to tickets issued on or after Thursday April 28, while a fuel surcharge of $10 for domestic and