iscoverWhile 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
Virgin Australia sent an ATR 72 to Melbourne and Launceston over the weekend for staff training and route familiarisation flights, potentially laying the groundwork to expand its ATR turboprop regional operations beyond NSW and Queensland. Flight tracking website flightaware.com showed Virgin ATR 72-500 VH-FVM flew from Brisbane to Melbourne on Saturday, August 30, and spent two nights at Tullamarine before
Virgin Australia chief executive Johh Borghetti says the market is slowly catching up with the excess capacity swirling around in the domestic market. However, he admits there is still a long way to go. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article,
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
Virgin Australia is introducing business class seating on its trans-Tasman and Pacific Island 737 aircraft from early 2015. From March next year the 10 737s operated by the airline’s New Zealand-based operation (the former Pacific Blue), including the single aircraft operated by Virgin Samoa, will be refiited with the same four-abreast, 38in pitch, eight-seat business class
Virgin Australia has announced it is bringing forward first deliveries of the 23 Boeing 737 MAX 8s it has on order from 2019 to 2018 as part of efforts to increase aircraft fleet efficiency. However, the airline’s CEO John Borghetti won’t say when exactly the first aircraft, which were originally ordered in July 2012, will now be
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