Category: Airlines

Are charges and regulatory hurdles barriers to more regional flights?
Airlines

Virgin Australia says regulatory restrictions and high airport charges are roadblocks preventing more flights to regional communities. In a submission to the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee’s inquiry into the operation, regulation and funding of air route service delivery to rural, regional and remote communities, Virgin Australia said regional services were more

Qatar Airways takes delivery of first Airbus A350-1000
Airlines

Qatar Airways has taken delivery of its first Airbus A350-1000. The official handover ceremony took place on Tuesday (European time) at Airbus’s headquarters in Toulouse, France. Airbus posted the official delivery ceremony on its YouTube channel: The aircraft, A7-ANA, is the first of 37 A350-1000s Qatar Airways has on order. It is powered by Rolls-Royce

Qantas seeks to expand codeshare with Air Niugini
Airlines

Qantas is seeking to expand its codeshare agreement with Air Niugini on Australia-Papua New Guinea (PNG) routes. The airline has applied to Australia’s International Air Services Commission (IASC) to add its QF code on Air Niugini’s nonstop Cairns-Port Moresby and Townsville-Port Moresby services. The application also calls for the continuation of existing arrangements where the

Alliance Airlines says more resources activity to lead to increased flying hours
Airlines

Alliance Airlines expects to increase total flying hours by almost 40 per cent in 2017/18 amid increased activity in the resources sector and its growing regular public transport (RPT) and wet lease operations. The company said in its 2017/18 first half results it expected to reach 35,000 flight hours for the full year. The figure

Emirates to start Auckland-Bali-Dubai flights from June
Airlines

New Zealanders will have a new nonstop option to Bali from June when Emirates Airline commences flights between Auckland to the popular Indonesian tourist destination. Emirates said on Monday it planned to launch daily Dubai-Bali-Auckland service with Boeing 777-300ER equipment, with the first flight set to take off on June 14 2018. The Dubai-headquartered carrier

Virgin Australia signs new six-year deal with Gate Gourmet
Airlines

Gate Gourmet will become the “sole service provider” for Virgin Australia’s 450 daily domestic and international flights from June under a new six-year deal. The catering company, owned by gategroup, already provides meals and handling for Virgin Australia at a number of ports and the new long-term contract would expand the portfolio of work by

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