Category: Airlines

India’s Kingfisher Airlines has been formally invited to join the oneworld alliance, putting the airline into member-elect status as it marches towards achieving full membership later this year. The invitation follows the signing of a memorandum of understanding earlier this year between Kingfisher and oneworld which set forth a number of conditions for membership, including

Qantas has announced that it has sold its shareholding in Asian express cargo operation DPEX Worldwide to Toll Holdings for an undisclosed sum. Qantas said in a statement that the sale was part of its “ongoing strategy of focusing on core business areas.” The sale excludes DPEX’s Australian operations, and is subject to approval from

Cathay Pacific Cargo has announced that it will launch a twice weekly round-the-world freighter service from July 9. The airline will operate a Boeing 747-400 Freighter which will depart from Hong Kong and fly via Anchorage to Chicago, before crossing the Atlantic to Amsterdam, then onwards to Dubai and back to Hong Kong. In total,

Jetstar will base a seventh Airbus A320 in New Zealand from later this year, while the Qantas Group subsidiary is also examining basing A330s there to expand into long haul flying from New Zealand. “Jetstar now has a pathway towards future strategic growth in New Zealand through our ongoing success and strong customer demand for