iscoverVirgin Australia looks set to open a couple of new routes for its fleet of ATR turboprop aircraft out of Melbourne. According to schedules from Virgin’s website, the airline will start Melbourne-Canberra flights with ATR 72-600s on November 10, while turboprops will begin operating between Melbourne and Launceston from November 16. This content is available
Airlines around the world expect falling oil prices and stronger demand for travel and cargo to support growing profitability in the period ahead, new figures show. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) airline business confidence index for October found 65 per cent of airline chief financial officers and heads of cargo expected profitability to improve
Auckland Airport has welcomed its second Airbus A380 operator with the touchdown of Singapore Airlines’ first flight to New Zealand using the double-decker superjumbo. SIA flight SQ285 arrived at 1120 local time on Tuesday, after the nine hour, two minute journey from Singapore. The return flight SQ286 was due to depart Auckland at 1330. This
Virgin Australia is on the lookout for a new chairman, with Neil Chatfield to step down from the board after eight years as a director. Chatfield, who was appointed a Virgin Australia director May 2006 and named chairman in June the following year, says he will remain on the board until the new chairman comes
United’s inaugural direct service from Los Angeles to Melbourne touched down at Tullamarine at 0757 on Tuesday, completing the world’s longest Boeing 787 route in 15 hours and 10 minutes. At 6,883nm (12,748km), the route eclipses Ethiopian Airlines’ Addis Ababa to Toronto service, which comes in at 6,217nm (11,514km). This content is available exclusively to
Indonesia AirAsia Extra will enter the competitive Australia-South East Asia market with Bali-Melbourne as the low-cost carrier’s inaugural route. The newest affiliate of the AirAsia X group of airlines will launch with five times a week service between the Victorian capital and popular Indonesian tourist spot with Airbus A330-300 aircraft from December 26 2014. This
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