iscoverVirgin Australia says consumer conditions remain weak as the carrier reported a $59.1 million statutory net loss in the first quarter of 2014/15. The airline, which has moved to quarterly reporting of its financial performance, says the underlying loss before tax for the three months to September 30 2014 was $45 million, an improvement of
Australian domestic carriers experienced lower load factors in July despite cutting capacity in the local market. The Bureau of Infrastructure and Regional Economics (BITRE) said the number of passengers carried on regular public transport (RPT) domestic flights fell 1.4 per cent to 5.05 million in July. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members.
Tigerair Australia is the last of Australia’s major carriers to allow passengers to use personal electronic devices in flight mode from the moment they board to the time they step off the aircraft. The low-cost carrier said on Thursday it had received Civil Aviation Safety (CASA) approval for mobile phones, tablets and e-readers to be
For Tigerair Australia passengers, the free ride is over. Having taken a softly, softly approach on the issue of cabin baggage for the past eight months, Tigerair says it will begin enforcing its own rules over how much stuff travellers can bring on board. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become
While domestic capacity discipline seems to be the order of the day at Qantas and Virgin Australia, it is a different story for the nation’s two low-cost carriers Tigerair and Jetstar. Qantas’s latest traffic statistics indicate the Flying Kangaroo (including QantasLink) reduced domestic capacity, as measured by available seat kilometres (ASK) by 2.7 per cent
Tigerair Australia is on a clear path to profitability by 2016/17 after a year of transformation, the budget carrier’s majority owner Virgin Australia says. Virgin completed its 60 per cent purchase of Tigerair Australia from Singapore-based Tigerair Holdings, which held onto the remaining 40 per cent, on July 8, 2013. Since paying $35 million for
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