Category: Airlines

Australian resource companies including BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto have adopted new standards for flight safety developed by the Australian office of the Flight Safety Foundation. Under the Basic Aviation Risk (BAR) Standard Program, a single set of standards and associated audits have been developed across the resources industry, which is aimed at increasing safety

Jetstar will introduce SMS boarding passes for domestic Australian and New Zealand passengers during the first quarter of the year, CEO Bruce Buchanan told a conference in Singapore on January 28. The boarding pass technology will be trialled first on Sydney-Avalon flights from late February, with a staged rollout to follow on other domestic services in

Jetstar announced on January 28 that it has chosen Singapore’s Changi Airport to be its Asian hub, which will see it operate a variety of services through Asia and on to Europe from the city-state. Under a three year agreement between Jetstar, Jetstar Asia, and Changi Airport Group (CAG), the two airlines have committed to

Air New Zealand has revealed its new longhaul product which will feature onboard its Boeing 777-300ERs, including an economy seat able to convert into a bed, a redesigned premium economy and slight update to its business class product. “Our ultimate goal, after extensive customer research, is to give passengers what they want, which is to