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Qantas CEO Alan Joyce says he wants to order the Boeing 787, but only after the airline has paid down debt and strengthened its balance sheet. “I want to order it, I think everybody at Qantas wants to have them, they’d love those aircraft to come in,” Joyce said in Brisbane on Tuesday, the day after Qantas

Singapore Airlines owned long-haul low-cost carrier Scoot has announcement plans to begin services to Melbourne next year. Melbourne will become Scoot’s fourth Australian destination when five times weekly Boeing 787-9 services begin on November 1 2015. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of

Air New Zealand chief executive Christopher Luxon has flagged capacity growth in the order of five to six per cent a year over the next five years as the airline adds a further two Boeing 787-9 aircraft to its existing order book. The airline announced the order for two more Dreamliners, which are due for delivery

Qantas’s international operations are expected to make a positive contribution to the airline’s return to profitability in the first half of 2014/15 as the carrier makes “rapid progress” with its three-year, $2 billion cost cutting program. Despite the brighter outlook for the long-suffering international arm, Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce says the airline will maintain