Category: Airlines

Garuda pilot wins appeal against jail sentence
Airlines

Captain Marwoto Komar, who piloted the Garuda Boeing 737-400 which crash landed at Yogyakarta Airport in 2007, resulting in 21 deaths, has won an appeal against his two year prison sentence for negligence. The Yogyakarta High Court “overturned charges of negligence and said he (Komar) did his best to save the plane and passengers,” said

Rex adds Townsville-Mt Isa
Airlines

Regional Express has announced that it will add direct Mount Isa-Townsville flights to its network of northern Queensland services from January 31 2010. “We are starting this service in response to the persistent and genuine pleas from the local community for an air service to Townsville that is affordable and which has a business-friendly schedule,”

China Southern increases flights for Christmas
Airlines

China Southern Airlines has announced on December 8 that it is adding two additional frequencies each week on the Sydney-Guangzhou route immediately until February 20 due to strong demand over the Christmas season. The flights will be operated by 254-seat Airbus A330-200s. Want to see more stories from trusted news sources? Make Australian Aviation a

SAS appoints new general manager in Australia
Airlines

Scandanavian Airlines (SAS) has appointed Irmgard Goetjes-Pedersen as its general manager of operations for Australia and New Zealand. She succeeds Lars Olofsson who has taken up a position with the airline in Beijing. Want to see more stories from trusted news sources? Make Australian Aviation a preferred news source on Google. Click here to add

ACCC approves Delta-Virgin Blue tie up
Airlines

The ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission) has given its formal approval to the planned Delta Air Lines-Virgin Blue joint venture, citing that it will have competition benefits for the travelling public. “The ACCC considers that the joint venture is likely to assist Virgin and Delta to compete more effectively against the incumbents on the

PAL adds Brisbane flights
Airlines

Philippine Airlines has announced that it will start twice weekly services from to Brisbane from March 16 2010. The flights will be operated by an A330-300, and will operate on a Manila-Melbourne-Brisbane routing. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please

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