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The Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) has attributed static domestic traffic growth in February in part to “severe weather conditions in Queensland”. In the month that Cyclone Yasi battered northern Queensland, and in the aftermath of the Queensland floods, Australia’s domestic airlines carried 3.98 million passengers in February 2011, down marginally on
Virgin Blue has launched a kerbside entrance and kerbside valet service at its Sydney Airport domestic terminal for its business, premium economy and Velocity Gold members, which the airline says is a first for Australian domestic travel. “For our guests who choose to use the premium entrance and valet service, the trip from their car
QantasLink has announced plans to increase capacity to the central Queensland centres of Mackay, Rockhampton and Gladstone over this month and next. From mid April QantasLink is upgrading 11 return services between Brisbane and Mackay with larger Dash 8 subtypes, adding another 572 seats a week to the market, and likewise upgrading to larger Dash
Qantas is to resume direct services between Australia and Tokyo from April 19, after having routed services via Hong Kong to allow for crew rest there following concerns about radiation levels after the earthquake and tsunami which crippled Japan’s Fukushima nuclear powerplant last month. “Qantas has been working closely with the Australian government, as well
A V Australia Boeing 777-300ER, VH-VOZ, performed a rejected takeoff from Los Angeles on the evening of April 13 local time after the pilots reported difficulty with the aircraft’s left engine. A loud bang and flames coming from the affected engine were reported by passengers on-board flight VA02, which had begun its takeoff roll on
Qantas is facing industrial action from its maintenance engineers, after a postal ballot of Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association (ALAEA) members saw 80 per cent vote in favour of overtime-bans and complete work stoppages. “We’re obviously very pleased at the outcome of the vote and Qantas should take very careful note of it,” ALAEA spokesman
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