Category: Airlines

Pacific Blue will commence twice weekly services between Cairns and Auckland from March 23, parent Virgin Blue announced on December 30. The new services will be the first international flights from Cairns for the Virgin Blue group, and will operate on Tuesdays and Saturdays. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become

Indonesian low cost carrier Lion Air took delivery of four Boeing 737-900ERs earlier in December, providing a rare opportunity to photograph three of the four aircraft together at Boeing’s 737 Customer Delivery Center at Boeing Field in Seattle. Lion Air was the 737-900ER launch customer, and currently has no fewer than 178 of the type

The Australian and International Pilots Association (AIPA) has launched legal action against Qantas over paying pilots employed by its New Zealand subsidiary Jetconnect less than mainline pilots. AIPA says that the strategic legal action is aimed at stopping Qantas from “undermining the spirit and intent of the Fair Work Act” by employing Jetconnect pilots to

The government and opposition have sparred over the changes proposed in the recently released Aviation White Paper which will extend security screening to a number of additional airports around Australia. Shadow transport minister Warren Truss MP said in a statement issued on December 22 that the additional screening requirements outlined by the government will add