Category: Airlines

Thousands of Virgin Blue passengers were left facing massive delays after the airline’s check-in systems at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport failed on December 15. The failure was caused by damage to a Telstra cable at Tullamarine during the day, which was not fixed until 10:30pm, forcing the airline to cancel 48 flights and delaying up to

British Airways cabin crew have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a 12 day strike from December 22 over controversial new working practices. The strike is being led by the Unite union, and received backing from 92.5 per cent of voters, with an 80 per cent voter turnout. Unite says that it is hopeful of holding

Liz Savage has been appointed to the role of chief commercial officer (CCO) for the Virgin Blue Airlines Group. Savage was most recently the managing director for Monarch Flights and Holidays, and prior to that had nearly 10 years with easyJet, and will take on her new role in March. She will be responsible for

Jetstar’s entry onto the ‘golden triangle’ is now complete, with the Qantas subsidiary announcing that it will start twice daily services on the Melbourne-Brisbane route from July 1. The new services will be in addition to the airline’s existing double daily services from Avalon to Brisbane, with no reduction in capacity on that service. The