Category: Airlines

Silkair Australia's first Boeing 737 MAX operator
Airlines

Darwin has welcomed Australia’s first scheduled Boeing 737 MAX passenger flight, with Silkair’s MI801 touching down in the Northern Territory capital a few minutes before 1500 local time on Sunday. Silkair’s inaugural MAX service, operated by 9V-MBC, covered the 1,804nm journey between Singapore and Darwin in a little over four and a half hours. The

Search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 looks set to resume
Airlines

The Malaysian government is set to announce it has accepted an offer from a private company to resume the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, media reports say. US-based Ocean Infinity, which first made the offer to Malaysia in October 2017, has one of its search vessels, the Seabed Constructor, en route from Durban

Air Canada looking to deepen partnership with Virgin Australia
Airlines

Air Canada vice president for global sales Duncan Bureau says the airline is working to deepen its partnership with Virgin Australia as it expands in this part of the world through the start of new nonstop Melbourne-Vancouver services with the Boeing 787-9. Virgin Australia began codesharing with the Canadian flag carrier in May 2017, when

NSW government considers Lord Howe Island runway extension
Airlines

The NSW Department of Transport says it is investigating a runway extension at Lord Howe Island Airport after signing a new four-year deal with QantasLink to maintain air links to the island. Lord Howe Island Airport, located about 425nm east of Sydney in the Pacific Ocean, has a single runway in an east-west orientation that

Facial recognition trial saving time at Brisbane Airport
Air New Zealand

Technology provider SITA says trials of facial recognition technology at Brisbane Airport have shown a 70 per cent reduction in processing times for boarding and checkin. In March, Air New Zealand, Brisbane Airport and SITA commenced an Australia first trial featuring the use of facial recognition technology at checkin and at the boarding gate. This

Regional Express named as preferred tenderer for WA regulated air route
Airlines

Regional Express (Rex) is set to expand its presence in Western Australia in 2018 after being announced as the preferred tenderer for a state government regulated air route. The WA Department of Transport said it had nominated Rex as the preferred airline for Perth-Canarvon-Monkey Mia services. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members.

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