Category: Airlines

Virgin Blue has reported a rise in domestic traffic during July, although faster capacity growth resulted in a small fall in load factor. Compared to July 2009, the carrier saw an increase of 4.7 per cent in domestic passengers, resulting in a 3.9 per cent increase in revenue passenger kilometres. Capacity increased by 5.5 per

Air France Airbus A380s will take part in ‘green flight’ revenue flight trials between New York and Paris during the fourth quarter of 2010 to test procedures similar to those used during the ASPIRE trial flights between Australia and the US conducted last year. The Transatlantic Green Flight (TGF) trials are being led by Airbus

Air New Zealand has recorded a six per cent fall in normalised earnings, although the airline says that it remained one of the world’s best performing airlines during a challenging year. For the financial year ending June 31, the airline recorded normalised earnings of NZ$137m (A$108.6m), compared to NZ$145m (A$114.9m) the year prior, while net

Virgin Blue CEO John Borghetti has announced that the carrier will take on Airbus A330-200s for domestic flying, restructure the V Australia network, enter into a new relationship with Etihad Airways and dispose of its Embraer E-170 E-Jets as its full year net profit before tax came in within its guidance of $20-$40 million. The