Category: Airlines

Virgin Australia chief executive John Borghetti has questioned plans from Cathay Pacific and Qantas to expand a codeshare agreement to include each other's flights from the key markets of Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney to Hong Kong.

Virgin Australia chief executive John Borghetti says market conditions are uncertain for the year ahead as the potential impact from global factors leaves him cautions about predicting what rest of calendar 2019 will hold for the airline. While the Australian market was in robust health, external events from the price of oil to geopolitical tensions

Qantas has sought to reassure regulators its proposed codeshare with Cathay Pacific would not harm competition and instead offer travellers more choice for travel between Australia and Asia.

Air New Zealand has turned around a Boeing 787-9 enroute from Auckland to Shanghai after discovering mid-flight the aircraft was not permitted to land in China.