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Members of Virgin Australia’s frequent flyer program Velocity keen to use their points while keeping their feet on the ground will be able to cash in their points for fuel under a new initiative with BP. Since April 2015, Velocity members have been able to earn points for fuel and in-store purchases at participating BP
Virgin Australia says its low-cost unit Tigerair Australia will become an all Boeing 737 operator within three years as part of fleet simplification efforts at the airline group. Currently, Tigerair flies 14 A320s on domestic routes and three 737-800s on flights from Adelaide, Perth and Melbourne to Bali. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members.
Alliance Airlines says it is adding three aircraft to its local operations in order to take advantage of market opportunities. The company said one Fokker 70 and one Fokker 100 from the 21 aircraft Alliance purchased from Austrian Airlines in late 2015 would join the fleet, while another Fokker 70 currently in storage would be
Virgin Australia has scheduled a resumption of its Sydney-Abu Dhabi service at the start of September, signalling that the cabin upgrades on its Boeing 777-300ERs will be completed in less than two months. The return of Virgin’s Abu Dhabi flights was flagged in a note to travel agents, which said passengers booked on either VA29
Cobham Aviation Services will fly Boeing 717 aircraft on behalf of QantasLink for a further 10 years under a new contract extension. The new deal, announced on Monday, has Cobham continuing to supply pilots and cabin crew for QantasLink’s fleet of 20 717s, as well as line maintenance engineering services in some locations. This content
Alliance Airlines has signed a three-year contract extension with South32 covering the resources company’s operations in Queensland and the Northern Territory. The contract extension is through to 2019 and covers South32’s silver and lead mine in Cannington (Queensland) and the Groote Eylandt Mining Company’s (Gemco) manganese mine in the NT, Alliance said in a statement on
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