Qantas has lost a High Court appeal to a ruling that it must pay potentially millions of dollars in commissions to travel agents that it tried to argue did not apply. Qantas had launched an appeal in the High Court to an earlier ruling in the Federal Court that it was liable to pay commissions
Garuda Indonesia has announced that it will lift frequencies on its Sydney-Jakarta services from three times weekly to daily from December 20. The flights will be operated by its A330-200s. Want to see more stories from trusted news sources? Make Australian Aviation a preferred news source on Google. Click here to add Australian Aviation as
Virgin Blue has appointed renowned brand designer Hans Hulsbosch as its creative director to oversee the transformation of the Virgin Blue Group’s branding. “Hans and his team will oversee the Virgin Blue Group brand transformation, creating an identity that can stretch across both the leisure and corporate sector. Hans will be responsible for making sure
Singapore Airlines has announced that Goh Choon Phong will succeed long time chief executive Chew Choon Seng when he retires at the end of December 2010. Goh has worked at SIA since 1990 and is currently executive vice president for marketing and the regions, having been appointed to the post earlier this year after four
Virgin Blue and Etihad Airways have begun winding back their relationships with Emirates and Qantas respectively after the announcement of a wide ranging codeshare alliance between the two airlines. Virgin Blue has announced that it will end its codeshare arrangement with Emirates on trans-Tasman services while it will also sever its loyalty program relationship. The
An uncontained engine failure on board Qantas Boeing 747-400 VH-OJP earlier this week could be linked to a recently issued FAA Airworthiness Directive (AD) which was issued following the discovery of cracks in the low pressure turbine of a number of Rolls-Royce RB211 engines. The AD, which takes effect from September 27, calls for the