Category: Airlines

In its half-year earnings guidance to investors, the carrier advised that up to six Airbus neo aircraft and up to four 787 Dreamliners have been out of service in the first half of the 2025 financial year, due partially to global delays in engine maint…

VH-VYH (similar aircraft pictured) was taking off for flight QF520 to Brisbane on 8 November when its right-hand engine malfunctioned with a loud bang, sending hot metal fragments into the grass near the runway.

The Federal Court on Thursday granted EY’s application, which will see the firm stay on as administrator for the regional airline until 30 June 2025. The news comes after the Federal Government stepped in to aid Rex with $80 million in financing to kee…

Qantas and QantasLink services saw a 74.7 per cent on-time arrival and 75.4 per cent on-time departure rate for October 2024, according to the latest BITRE data, compared to 70.9 per cent on-time arrivals and 71 per cent on-time departures for the Virg…

Speaking at the Australian Airports Association conference in Brisbane, Hrdlicka said Virgin operating its own long-haul international services would be “at least six or seven years away”, but that the wet-lease arrangement would likely see Virgin pilo…

The Fijian flag carrier will operate three return 737 MAX 8 services between Cairns and Nadi per week starting 10 April, marking the first non-stop service between Fiji and northern Queensland.

The “Somewhere Over the Tasman” campaign features Fisher meeting and befriending a young girl travelling solo on an Air New Zealand flight, which the airline says is designed to highlight its “famous Air New Zealand hospitality”.

Announced last year, the facility in St Peters, near Sydney Airport, houses five full-flight simulators, several fixed flight training devices (FTDs) and 10 classrooms. More equipment, including an A330 FTD and Australia’s first A350 simulator, is expe…