Passengers flying with Virgin Australia will soon be connected and better entertained than ever before, with the airline to introduce inflight wi-fi on its Domestic and International fleet. From mid-2017, Virgin Australia plans to begin fitting out its Boeing 737-800, Boeing 777 and Airbus A330 aircraft with equipment that enables inflight wi-fi. Virgin Australia Group … Read more
Originair will recommence its direct flights between Nelson and Palmerston North in September 2016. However, some flights will operate sooner during this month’s school holidays and its charter services are immediately available for flights throughout New Zealand. Managing Director, Robert Inglis, said that the disruption to the airlines scheduled services over the past three months … Read more
Solomon Airlines, Air Niugini and Air Vanuatu will commence operation of a long awaited codeshare service linking all three destinations.
Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments After a three-month absence, Solomon Airlines’ Dash 8 aircraft (H4-SOL) has resumed full operation on the national carrier’s domestic services. The aircraft, affectionately known as ‘Megapode’, had been undergoing its heavy C-Check maintenance program under contract with Hawker Pacific based in Cairns, Queensland. Solomon Airlines General Manager – Operations … Read more
The Qantas Group today announced that it has completed the $500 million on market share buy-back announced at its half year results in February 2016. Since 9 March 2016, Qantas has purchased 143,599,336 shares for a weighted average price of $3.4819. Combined with the $505 million capital return and associated share consolidation completed on 6 November … Read more
Virgin Australia announced that Virgin Australia Domestic and Virgin Australia International have entered into a heads of agreement with HNA Aviation Group to form a strategic commercial alliance that will accelerate the Group’s access to the rapidly growing Chinese travel market. Under the alliance, the companies will look to introduce direct flights between Australia and China. The … Read more
Fiji Airways and Jetstar announced the launch of an interline agreement that will see the Fijian flag carrier connect to more than 21 Jetstar’s destinations
A subsidised Regular Public Transport (RPT) air service allowing people to fly between Kununurra and Halls Creek will start on July 1, 2016.
Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments Solomon Airlines announced that Gwanaru’u airport in Auki, the capital of Malaita Province, has been declared open for resumption of Commercial air services effective from 30th May 2016. Heralding the announcement, General Manager of Operations and commercial services Mr Gus Kraus stated that the national carrier is excited about this … Read more
Jetstar will launch direct flights from Adelaide to the Sunshine Coast in Queensland from September this year to meet growing demand