Category: Airlines

Virgin Blue, Etihad get clearance for alliance
Airlines

Virgin Blue and Etihad Airways have received interim authorisation from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for their alliance. The interim authorisation will now allow the two airlines to start selling joint fares on each others’ networks from October 1. The two carriers will integrate the Etihad Guest and Velocity programs, with members able

Joyce not interested in BA merger
Airlines

Qantas CEO Alan Joyce has said that the airline is not interested in a possible merger with British Airways, with the company now focused on pursuing organic growth opportunities in Asia instead. “Been there, done that,” Joyce remarked when recently asked by a reporter about comments from BA CEO Willie Walsh that the airline was

Pilot error, frozen sensors behind Air NZ A320 crash
Airlines

The final report by the French Bureau d’Enquetes et d’Analyses (BEA) has confirmed that icing in angle of attack sensors and pilot error were the main contributing factors to the fatal crash of an Air New Zealand Airbus A320 off the coast of France in November 2008. The aircraft crashed while involved in an end

All Black airline blues with ACCC
Airlines

Air New Zealand CEO Rob Fyfe has used a speech to the National Aviation Press Club in Sydney on September 22 to blast the ACCC’s preliminary decision to oppose its planned trans Tasman alliance with Virgin Blue, labelling the decision as a “threat to our future”, saying that blocking the deal in fact would reduce

AirAsia X to fly to Tokyo
Airlines

AirAsia X has announced that it will launch three times weekly services from Kuala Lumpur to Tokyo’s Haneda Airport from December 9. The route will be operated by its newly reconfigured Airbus A330-300s. Want to see more stories from trusted news sources? Make Australian Aviation a preferred news source on Google. Click here to add

Discount fares lower in September
Airlines

The Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics’ (BITRE) latest air fare index report shows that discount and restricted economy fares during September were lower than the same time last year, while business class airfares increased slightly. The Best Discount index came in at 67.9 compared to 78.5 for September 2009, while the Restricted Economy

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