iscoverThe Lufthansa Group has defied a major fall in revenue to record a €130m (A$195.3m) operating profit for 2009. The group saw a decline in revenues of 10 per cent to €22.2bn (A$33.3bn) as weaker traffic and yields affected its airline (including its subsidiaries Swiss, Austrian Airlines and bmi) and cargo operations which saw them
Strategic Airlines will launch Perth-Denpasar services from June 12, joining Jetstar, AirAsia, Pacific Blue and Garuda Indonesia 0n the route. The airline will initially operate twice weekly services, with an additional service from July 4. Tickets for the services went on sale on March 12, with fares starting from $99 one way. The services will
IATA has halved its forecast net loss for the global airline industry this year to US$2.8bn (A$3.06bn), noting that strong demand at the start of the year and flat capacity has led to some gain in yields, albeit driven by Asia Pacific and Latin America. “We are seeing a definite two-speed industry. Asia and Latin
Skywest and CITIC Pacific Mining have signed an agreement to operate a scheduled charter service between Perth and Karratha. While the services will be primarily used to transport CITIC Pacific employees, 10 per cent of the seats on the flights will be available to the public. The agreement, which Skywest anticipates additional revenue of $10.4
Parliament has passed new laws which will strengthen screening arrangements for air cargo, in line with the Aviation White Paper released last year. Under the changes parcels and other freight will be security checked and certified earlier in the supply chain, before they are consolidated. This will replace the practice of aircraft operators conducting security
Qantas Freight has announced that it has joined freight quality management program Cargo 2000 as an associate member, which will see it move towards auditing and benchmarking of its efficiency. Qantas Freight head of commercial Theo Triantafillides said that joining Cargo 2000 would help to differentiate it and bring together many of the process improvements
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