Category: Airlines

While the mood among the chief executives is likely to be upbeat as they prepare to gather in Sydney for the International Air Transport Association (IATA) annual general meeting next week, that enthusiasm is being tempered by the rise in global oil prices that threatens to crimp profitability in the year ahead. That’s the view

Australians will have a new one-stop option to the east coast of the United States from October when Singapore Airlines starts operating the world’s longest nonstop passenger flight between Singapore and New York. The Singapore-New York (Newark) service is due to start on October 11 with Airbus A350-900ULR (Ultra Long Range) equipment, SIA said on

Captain David Lohse knows what it is like to take an aircraft to the edge of its operating limits. That’s because as head of flight technical services for Cathay Pacific, it is his and his team of test pilots and flight test engineers’ job to ensure all of the Hong Kong-based airline’s aircraft – from

Light-handed regulation of Australia and New Zealand’s airports has been ineffective at protecting consumers from higher charges due to their monopoly power, a report says. The findings are in the “Performance and Impact of Australia’s Airports Since Privatisation” report prepared by Frontier Economics and commissioned by recently-formed lobby group Airlines for Australia and New Zealand