Air New Zealand and Singapore Airlines will begin their alliance on January 6 2015, the first day of the Kiwi flag carrier’s return to Singapore. Under the tie-up, the two carriers will codeshare on each other’s flights between Auckland and Singapore, offering a double-daily frequency on the route as well as connections beyond Singapore to
The 2012/13 capacity surge that in large part left both Australia’s major carriers swimming in red ink slowed to a trickle in 2013/14, giving hope that the aviation sector can return to profitability this year. Figures from the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) showed Australia’s domestic carriers added 1.4 per cent more
The Air New Zealand subsidiary that helped design the Skycouch has been sold to a UK-based airline interiors design, engineering and manufacturing company. The airline said on Monday its wholly-owned Altitude Aerospace Interiors was being offloaded to AIM Aviation. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading
Hamilton Island will maintain a second airline service to Brisbane with QantasLink to operate the route four times a week from the end of November. Running between Friday and Monday, the flights start on November 28 and will be operated by Q400 aircraft with 74 seats, QantasLink said in a statement on Monday. This content
Qantas and Jetstar were the best and second-best major domestic airlines for on-time performance in August, while Virgin Australia had the highest number of cancellations and its low-cost offshoot Tigerair Australia registered some improvement. However, the figures from the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics show Regional Express (Rex) was Australia’s most punctual domestic
Air New Zealand’s second Boeing 787-9 has completed a second day of flying over Washington State as the aircraft enters the final stages of its preparations before delivery. Flight tracking website flightaware.com shows ZK-NZF took off from Snohomish County Airport in Everett – the location of Boeing’s 787 production line – at 1052 local time on Wednesday and