The International Air Services Commission (IASC) has issued a draft determination which would split capacity allocations on the Fiji route between V Australia and Qantas. According to the draft determination, which was released on October 22, the IASC proposes to allocate 907 seats to V Australia and 852 seats to Qantas. As a result of
Virgin Blue recorded the highest rate of on-time departures of the major airlines during September, according to the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics. Virgin Blue recorded an on-time departure range of 83.3 per cent, followed by Qantas at 83.1 per cent, Jetstar at 79.3 per cent and Tiger Airways at 72.5 per cent.
Virgin Blue has announced that it will add five additional weekly frequencies on its Perth-Port Hedland route from November 16. The new services will depart Perth at 0600 each weekday, arriving in Port Hedland at 0805, with the return service departing half an hour later and arriving back in Perth at 1035. The services will
Virgin Blue has hit back at claims by the Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association (ALAEA) that the airline is being lax with its maintenance practices following an incident on a Boeing 737-800 which was taxiing at Melbourne Airport on October 20. According to newspaper reports, ALAEA federal secretary Steve Purvinas claimed that one of the
Virgin Blue has announced that it has appointed Jones Lang LaSalle to manage its property portfolio, including managing the sale and leaseback of its Brisbane headquarters, the ‘Virgin Village’. According to Jones Lang LaSalle, Virgin Blue will continue to be the sole tenant at the campus-style Virgin Village, which houses approximately 1000 employees. No estimate
Qantas has cut its plans to start seasonal flights to South Korea, while it will not proceed with a proposed seventh weekly service on the Sydney-Johannesburg route, according to a filing with the International Air Services Commission. The filing was an application for the extension of a number of determinations which granted capacity to the