Category: Airlines

Qantas’s first Boeing 737-800 to feature the airline’s new livery has entered service after being repainted in Singapore. The aircraft, VH-VXM, operated QF72 from Singapore to Perth on Thursday night after spending two weeks in the city-state being repainted. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the

Australian domestic airfares edged marginally higher in July in both business and economy class. The Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) measure of domestic business class airfares was at 94.9 index points in July, up marginally from 94.2 points a year earlier. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become

Queensland Airports Ltd has appointed a former Tigerair Australia executive as its new general manager for business development and marketing. Adam Rowe, who was commercial director at the Virgin Australia-owned low-cost carrier, has made the move from Melbourne to the Gold Coast to take up the new position. This content is available exclusively to Australian

Virgin Australia has signalled it intends to maintain services to Samoa after its Virgin Samoa joint-venture with the Samoan government is wound up in November. The airline has applied to Australia’s International Air Services Commission (IASC) for 880 seats of capacity a week between Australia and Samoa. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation