Qantas is celebrating a half century of jet flights to New Zealand, which started on April 10 1965 when a Boeing 707 touched down at Christchurch Airport in front of about 10,000 onlookers. The Boeing 707, which had 20 first and 84 economy class seats, replaced the turboprop Lockheed Electra aircraft on the route. This content is
Virgin Australia has expanded its international network with two new European codeshare destinations. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username or Email Password Forgot password? Keep me signed in on this device. If you check this box before
Alliance Airlines is hoping to capture a slice of the Brisbane-Emerald market by offering seats on its fly-in/fly-out service for sale to the public. The airline hopes to sell the spare capacity on its three flights a week between Brisbane and Emerald with 80-seat Fokker F70LRs that currently service its mining and corporate contracts. This
Jetstar Japan has launched a second international route with flights from Tokyo Narita to Hong Kong due to take off on June 1. The low-cost carrier planned to start with three times a week service between Tokyo and Hong Kong with an Airbus A320, gradually increasing to daily by the start of September, according to
Australian airlines posted healthy increases in passenger demand in February, suggesting the sluggish trends of recent times many be changing. Figures from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) show Australian domestic revenue passenger kilometres (RPK) rose 3.4 per cent in February 2015, compared with the same month a year ago. This content is available exclusively
Airlines exercised capacity restraint on international routes into and out of Australia in January, government figures show. The Bureau of Transport, Infrastructure and Regional Development (BITRE) report said the number of available seats on international routes rose 1.5 per cent in January 2015, compared with the prior corresponding period. This content is available exclusively to