Category: Airlines

On the same day Virgin Blue announced that it was cutting its profit outlook, Qantas said that it remains on track to record a pretax profit of $300-$400 million for the 2010 financial year. The airline made the report about its guidance in reporting its April operating statistics to the Australian Securities Exchange, which overall

Virgin Blue has slashed its net profit before tax outlook for the 2010 financial year, saying it will come in between $20 and $40 million, a major revision to the previous guidance of $80 million. “Since the guidance given earlier this month, we have continued to see rapid deterioration and increased volatility in the operating

Continental Airlines has announced that it plans to fly from its Houston hub to Auckland from November next year utilising its new Boeing 787-8s. The airline, which is currently in the process of merging with United Airlines, plans to launch services which will vary between daily and five times weekly depending on the season from

Air New Zealand is poised to increase its capacity on long haul and short haul markets for the northern winter scheduling season in response to increasing demand. Most of the additional capacity, which will be achieved through adding frequencies, will be on North American routes, with San Francisco up 17.9 per cent, Vancouver up 7.9