Strategic Airlines looks set to significantly increase its services to Bali after it was granted the lions’ share of available capacity on the Indonesia route following a competition with Qantas and Pacific Blue for new capacity which became available earlier this year. In three draft determinations issued on September 29, the International Air Services Commission
Boeing has confirmed the planned delivery of the first 747-8 Freighter has slipped from the last quarter of this year to mid 2011. After hinting at July’s Farnborough Airshow there may be a slip into 2011, Boeing announced the “schedule change” on September 30, attributing it to “recent flight-test discoveries” which include a low-frequency vibration
Strategic Airlines has lodged an application with the International Air Services Commission (IASC) to allow it to start up to six services per week to Thailand. The application seeks the equivalent of 4.2 Boeing 747 capacity units on the Thailand route, which would allow it to launch six weekly services with its 274 seat Airbus
Virgin Blue has experienced another computer issue which has led the delays of some flights, although the airline has not been forced to cancel any services. According to various media reports, the airline’s New Skies check-in system experienced a “slowdown” on the morning of September 29 which forced airport agents to switch to manual check
A hardware problem with the NewSkies computer reservations system of Virgin Blue on September 26 has caused chaos at airports around the nation as many flights were delayed and cancelled as the airline struggled to cope with having to manually process passengers. According to a statement issued by Virgin Blue in the late afternoon on
Airnorth has announced that it will operate an additional two services per week on the Darwin-Dili route from October 4. The new Wednesday and Thursday services will mean that Airnorth will operate twice daily services between Darwin and Dili between Mondays and Thursdays and daily services on Fridays and Saturdays. All services are operated with