Qantas and Jetstar have reported improved passenger numbers and yields in the Australian domestic market in July. The airline group’s monthly traffic figures published on Tuesday showed Qantas lifted domestic passenger numbers 0.8 per cent to 1.913 million in July, compared with the prior corresponding period. And with capacity, measured by available seat kilometres (ASK)
Jetstar’s expansion into regional New Zealand will kick off on December 1 with flights from Auckland to Napier and Nelson. The inaugural two routes will be followed by New Plymouth-Auckland, Palmerston North-Auckland and Nelson-Wellington from February 1 2016, Jetstar said on Monday. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member
Regional Express (Rex) has reported a double-digit fall in 2014/15 full year net profit and says the future is uncertain amid ongoing weakness in Australia’s resources sector and declining passenger numbers. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username
China Southern will begin year-round scheduled services to Christchurch from its Guangzhou hub from December 2015. The Skyteam alliance member says it will be the first Chinese carrier to serve NZ’s South Island. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please
Qantas Airbus A380 VH-OQH has made its debut wearing special decals in support Qantas’s sponsorship of the Australian Rugby Union team. The aircraft took off on its first flight in the special livery, which features the Qantas kangaroo wearing a Wallabies gold jersey and the legend ‘Go Wallabies” on the side, when it departed Sydney for Dallas Fort Worth operating
The capacity war between Qantas and Virgin Australia may have cooled, but things are heating up in the two airlines’ attempts to lure business travellers on the east-west trek. Just a week after Virgin launched its new “The Business” business class seat on board its Airbus A330-200s that fly between Perth and Australia’s east coast