Category: Airlines

Adelaide is the first Australian casualty in AirAsia X’s move to cut capacity and turn around recent losses, with the low-cost carrier to end services to the City of Churches in late January. AirAsia X’s last flight will depart Adelaide on January 25, according to the Airline Route website. This content is available exclusively to

  Jetstar management and its Australian-based pilots are headed back to the negotiating table after the overwhelming rejection a proposed new enterprise bargaining agreement that included an 18-month pay freeze. 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

Australian pilots are increasingly finding a home at overseas airlines, including China Southern, amid continued demand for pilots worldwide to meet the growth in air travel. The Guangzhou-based Chinese carrier has 14 Australian pilots in its ranks, having recently inducted 10 new pilots from this country into its operations. There are a further four Australians currently

Captain Georgina Sutton will become the first female chief pilot for a major Australian airline when she takes up the post with Jetstar Australia and New Zealand in February. Sutton is leaving Qantas, where she is currently the Boeing 767 fleet captain, and moving to Melbourne for the chief pilot role at the Qantas-owned low-cost carrier.