Category: Airlines

New Tiger MD starts June 1
Airlines

Tiger Airways Australia’s new managing director, Crawford Rix, will start work at the airline from June 1, the company announced on May 24. “Tiger Airways is moving from strength to strength, having recently broken even in its second full year of operations and shortly to launch its third base at Avalon in Victoria,” said Tiger

Asiana wins airline of the year
Airlines

Asiana Airlines has been named the world airline of the year in the 2010 Skytrax World Airline Awards, while Air New Zealand was awarded for best airline in the Australia-Pacific region, ahead of Qantas and V Australia. “When evaluating the survey results, the real strength that was shining through for Asiana Airlines is their front-line

Qantas most on time
Airlines

Qantas had the highest rate of on time performance during April, in a month when the industry average was slightly lower than the long term average. Qantas had an on time departure rate of 89.4 per cent for the month, followed by Virgin Blue at 86.9 per cent, Jetstar at 85.9 per cent and Tiger

Skywest gains licence extension
Airlines

Skywest has been granted an extension to its turboprop route licence until February 27 2011, ahead of the opening up of some of WA’s intrastate routes. “The company understands that in the next few months the Western Australian government will continue its review of Intrastate Airservice Arrangements and the composition of the routes subject to

Airlines PNG picks up new contract
Airlines

Airlines PNG has been awarded a contract by Esso Highlands Limited to provide a dedicated charter aircraft to support the Papua New Guinea Liquefied Natural Gas project. Under the two year agreement, the carrier will operate a dedicated Dash 8-103 to transport field personnel and freight within Papua New Guinea. The aircraft will also be

Emirates ups Melbourne, Auckland capacity
Airlines

Emirates will add more capacity between Melbourne and Dubai from July as it replaces Airbus A340-500s with Boeing 777-300ERs on two of its three daily servics, meaning all three Melbourne flights will now be operated by 777-300ERs. The changes see the daily EK409 service from Melbourne to Dubai via Kuala Lumpur upgraded from A340-500s to

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