Category: Airlines

Malaysia Airlines’ turns attention to passenger improvement with new business class seat
Airlines

Malaysia Airlines’ new business class seats on its Airbus A330-300 fleet represent the carrier’s focus on improving the passenger experience amid ongoing operational and behind-the-scenes changes at rehabilitating the loss-making carrier. Since taking over as chief executive in August 2015, Christoph Muller and his management team has cut routes, disposed of surplus aircraft and slashed

Virgin tops on-time honours for March
Airlines

Virgin Australia has edged out Qantas for on-time honours in March, latest figures show. The Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) said in its monthly report on on-time performance 88.2 per cent of the combined Virgin Australia/Virgin Australia Regional Airlines network’s flights arrived within 15 minutes of schedule in March. This content is

Malaysia Airlines CEO plans early exit due to personal reasons
Airlines

Malaysia Airlines (MAB) is searching for a new chief executive after announcing Christoph Mueller will leave the company in September for personal reasons. Mueller, who started as chief executive in March 2015 and was appointed for a three-year term, was charged with turning around the loss-making carrier. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation

Airbus, Singapore Airlines open pilot training joint-venture
Airlines

Airbus and Singapore Airlines have officially opened a new joint-venture pilot training centre that when fully operational will train up to 10,000 pilots a year. The Airbus Asia Training Centre, which already numbers Qantas and Virgin Australia among its 17 airline customers, began operations at a brand new 9,250sq m site at Singapore’s Seletar Aerospace

Qantas puts brakes on domestic growth in response to market conditions
Airlines

Qantas’s shares have tumbled sharply after the airline group announced putting a brake on domestic growth in response to weaker-than-expected demand. On the domestic front, Qantas said it would cut capacity in the three months to June 30 2016, compared with the prior corresponding period, in response to the airline posting negative revenue per available

Newcastle Airport reopens after storm causes roof collapse
Airlines

Newcastle Airport reopened for flights on Monday after storms that resulted in a collapsed roof caused the airport to be shut down on Sunday. Flights were operating into and out of Newcastle on Monday, despite some damage to the checkin area due to flooding. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become

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