Qantas and American Airlines alliance receives tick from ACCC

US airfares hit new lows for Aussies as competition sparks from Qantas-American Airlines ...

“Because America is such a popular destination for Australians, it's important that airlinescontinue to lure customers back to their service and the ...
Alliance buys Austrian's Fokker fleet

Australia's fly-in, fly-out provider Alliance Aviation Services is buying Austrian Airlines' entire fleet of 15 Fokker 100 and six Fokker 70 planes, a total of ...

Airlines slash overseas prices

Airlines are offering some of the cheapest overseas flights seen in years as they try to lureAustralians into travelling despite the weak economy.

Bali ash cloud: Airlines cancel flights bound to and from Perth

Outbound Virgin flights for Australia have also been cancelled. This is the second time within a month that flights to the holiday destination have been ...

Virgin, Jetstar cancel Bali flights as Mt Rinjani ash cloud returns - ABC Online

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Qantas and American Airlines alliance receives tick from ACCC

Rival United Airlines will have a 17.6 per cent share, Virgin Australia a 16.8 per cent share and Virgin partner Delta Air Lines will hold a 6.8 per cent ...

Qantas set for nod to continue AA alliance - Trading Room

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Australia's Alliance Air buys Austrian's entire Fokker fleet

Alliance Airlines (QQ, Brisbane Int'l) parent firm, Alliance Aviation Services, has announced it will acquire Austrian Airlines' entire fleet of twenty-one ...
Austrian Airlines sells Fokker fleet

Austrian Airlines has agreed to sell all of its Fokker aircraft fleet to Australian firm Alliance Aviation Services (AAS) for $15m. The deal will see AAS, the ...

Alliance Aviation creates a new business and establishes a European presence

Alliance Aviation Services Limited announced (25-Nov-2015) that it has contracted to purchase Austrian Airlines entire fleet of 21 Fokker aircraft for a ...
What is drip pricing and how to avoid it

Jetstar Airways and Virgin Australia Airlines were found to have misled customers about ticket prices on their mobile sites in 2014 and on November ...

Singapore Airlines' next Airbus A350 routes: Milan, Barcelona, Sao Paulo?

Approached for comment by Australian Business Traveller, a Singapore Airlinesspokesman said "we are continually reviewing the aircraft used on ...
SIA-Lufthansa JV Aimed at Gulf Carriers' One-Stop Strength

Lufthansa and Singapore Airlines (SIA) expect their recently announced ... However, neither SIA nor Austrian Airlines operates between Singapore ...
Qantas fires opening barrage at Canberra

Qantas is a big employer of Australians, contributing 0.6 per cent of total ... The airlinecommissioned Deloitte Access Economics to demonstrate the ...

Virgin Australia enhances capacity in short haul international flights to New Zealand, Fiji

It also said major shareholders Air New Zealand, Etihad Airways and Singapore ... each week, starting from 30 June 2016, reports Traveldaily News.
Missing Malaysia Airlines MH370: Deep sea hunt moved to remote part of Indian Ocean

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau, which is coordinating the search on ... Hardy, who works with a major commercial airline, used mathematical ...
Want to fly to the US for $904 return? Now you can

That's great news for ASX-listed travel agents like Flight Centre Travel ... news for airlines Qantas AirwaysLimited (ASX: QAN) and Virgin Australia ...
Tigerair Australia celebrates its eighth birthday; parent Virgin Australiatinkering with fleet and ...

Last month, just before the airline's eighth birthday today on 23 November, Tigerair ... It's a birthday week for the Australian arm of a prominent LCC brand ... market which is greatnews for tourism, the economy and for the consumer.
As hunt moves, pilot "fairly confident" MH370 will be found

The patch of deep ocean southwest of Australia that Capt. Simon Hardy has determined is the most likely resting place of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 ...
Etihad considers scheduling more flights between Australia and Abu Dhabi

Etihad Airways, the second largest airline of the United Arab Emirates, is planning to add more flights between Abu Dhabi and Australia. The news ...

Extra flights between Australia and the UAE

Australia has inked a new air services deal with the United Arab Emirates ... The new deal provides Australian airlines with up to 168 services (an ...

More flights between Australia and the UAE - Aviation Business

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Finally, Australian airlines should soon get in-sky Wi-Fi

In November last year, NBN Co was predicting airlines might get connectivity via Ka-band NBN satellites in 2015-16 and now here comes Inmarsat.
Bomb threat to Singapore Airlines flight

SINGAPORE Airlines says there was a bomb threat to one of its flights which originated from San Francisco and landed safely at Singapore's Changi ...
When Captain Hardy, a senior Boeing 777 captain with a commercial airline, revealed his analysis in The Sunday Times in March, the Australian ...
Paris attacks: Police release image of third suicide bomber

THREE out of four Australians believe a large-scale terror attack is likely to occur ... “When we heard the news about Paris every one of us was only one, ... A Turkish Airlines plane flying from New York to Istanbul has been diverted to ...

Russia pounds ISIS, flights rerouted

Turkey's Dogan news agency said two Turkish Airlines services to Beirut on Friday night were cancelled for “security reasons” due to the Russian ...
Flight MH370 Update: China's Li Keqiang Offers Australia $14.5M To Expand Search

... Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, according to a tweet by Xinhua News Agency. He made the offer to Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at the ...

China contributes $20m to MH370 search - The Australian (blog)

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Robyn IronsideNews Corp Australia Network

Robyn IronsideNews Corp Australia Network ... plunging numbers of Australian visitors on the back of the twin Malaysia Airlines' disasters in 2014, the ...
Perth's new terminal a stunner - The West Australian

When Virgin Australia rebranded into a contemporary, premium airline in 2011, there were passengers who thought they were on the wrong plane.
Airline Pulse: News and Notes for Nov. 20, 2015

In 2020, Australian airline Qantas is looking to introduce a non-stop flight between New York City and Australia. The journey would be expected to ...

'Dramatic' rise in terror suspects offloaded from airlines, Peter Dutton says

So far authorities have said they will not be raising Australia's terror threat level, and Mr Dutton emphasised that security agencies were working hard ...
Ethiopian Airlines flies first all-women operated flight

In a bid to “inspire young African female students to believe in their dreams,” EthiopianAirlines this week operated its first all-female crew flight from ...
Inflight internet on Australian airlines in near future: Inmarsat

Australian airline passengers can expect inflight internet in the near future as new satellite systems provide greatly improved data streaming at ...
Travel is no reason to disconnect

Asia Pacific region Vice President of satellite giant Inmarsat, Bill Peltola, confirmedAustralian airlines were “very actively looking at what they need to ...