Category: Airlines

Canberra will have daily flights to Singapore but lose nonstop services to Wellington from the start of May as Singapore Airlines (SIA) adjusts its schedule to the national capital. The changes come 16 months after SIA commenced flying a Singapore-Canberra-Wellington rotation four times a week in September 2016, which it termed the “Capital Express” route,

Qantas has promoted Olivia Wirth to chief executive of the company’s loyalty business, filling a vacancy created by the departure of Jayne Hrdlicka in mid-December 2017. Wirth, will assume her new role as Qantas Loyalty chief executive on February 12 2018, the company said on Wednesday. The appointment follows the resignation of Jayne Hrdlicka in

Virgin Australia has added a new codeshare partner for two international routes after authorities approved a request to add Virgin Atlantic’s VS airline code on its flights to Hong Kong and Los Angeles. In late December, the airline applied to Australia’s International Air Services Commission (IASC) to have Virgin Atlantic added as a marketing carrier

United has added a third long-haul route from Sydney with the start of nonstop flights to Houston with Boeing 787-9s. The inaugural flight UA101, operated by Boeing 787-9 N35953, touched down at Sydney Airport a little after 0630 on Saturday, following its 17-hour journey from Houston. The aircraft was on the ground for about six