Australia’s aviation sector appears to have recovered from the Covid-19 pandemic as passenger levels and capacity return to pre-pandemic levels, the ACCC’s latest Domestic Airline Competition in Australia report reveals.
Garuda Indonesia (GA) and Singapore Airlines (SIA) have expanded their commercial partnership, offering reciprocal benefits for their frequent flyer program members, and with revenue sharing arrangements for flights between Indonesia and Singapore, subject to regulatory approvals.
On-line Australian travel agent Webjet and AirAsia have resumed their partnership, adding flight options to Bali, Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok via AirAsia, AirAsiaX, Thai AirAsia X and AirAsia Indonesia, with a sale running till 2 June 2024.
Virgin Australia has launched a flight sale from east coast ports with return fares from A$315 for Melbourne to Queenstown, New Zealand.
Singapore Airlines has sent a team to Thailand to help investigate a case of turbulence that killed one passenger and injured dozens on a flight from London to Singapore and saw the plane divert to Bangkok.
After the UK Court of Appeal dismissed a move by a local resident, the owners of Manston Airport in Kent say work can soon start on its new airfreight hub.
Libya's Berniq Airways has ordered six new Airbus A320neos and A321neos, though it hasn't yet detailed the breakdown between the types.
It currently operates six A320s.
Europe's Airbus has signed a deal for 105 A320neo jets with Saudi Arabia's state-owned airline Saudia Group, for planes destined for Saudia itself and flyadeal, the group’s low-cost carrier.
A new Loganair route from Scotland's Glasgow Airport promises year-round connections to scenic Donegal in Northern Ireland, with three flights per week for the majority of the northern summer season and then dropping to Friday and Sunday flights from October 28 to enable weekend trips.
The US's Spirit Airlines has scrapped change and cancellation fees, meaning passengers will save between US$69 and US$119.
After average airfares in the UK rose a claimed 30 per cent in the past year, Ireland's Ryanair has reported its best-ever after-tax profit, up 34 per cent at EUR1.9 billion, with revenues 25 per cent more year on year at EUR13.44 billion euro.
The UK's Virgin Group is planning up to four new rail services on Britain's West Coast, with proposals to operate separate train services between London Euston and Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham and Glasgow (Central station).
Hundreds of long-serving Virgin Atlantic cabin crew are using an employment tribunal in London to argue that Sir Richard Branson’s airline unfairly made them redundant while retaining cheaper new hires in 2020 when Covid hit.
Australia’s aviation sector appears to have recovered from the Covid-19 pandemic as passenger levels and capacity return to pre-pandemic levels, the ACCC’s latest Domestic Airline Competition in Australia report reveals.
Garuda Indonesia (GA) and Singapore Airlines (SIA) have expanded their commercial partnership, offering reciprocal benefits for their frequent flyer program members, and with revenue sharing arrangements for flights between Indonesia and Singapore, subject to regulatory approvals.
On-line Australian travel agent Webjet and AirAsia have resumed their partnership, adding flight options to Bali, Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok via AirAsia, AirAsiaX, Thai AirAsia X and AirAsia Indonesia, with a sale running till 2 June 2024.
Virgin Australia has launched a flight sale from east coast ports with return fares from A$315 for Melbourne to Queenstown, New Zealand.
Singapore Airlines has sent a team to Thailand to help investigate a case of turbulence that killed one passenger and injured dozens on a flight from London to Singapore and saw the plane divert to Bangkok.
After the UK Court of Appeal dismissed a move by a local resident, the owners of Manston Airport in Kent say work can soon start on its new airfreight hub.
Libya's Berniq Airways has ordered six new Airbus A320neos and A321neos, though it hasn't yet detailed the breakdown between the types.
It currently operates six A320s.
Europe's Airbus has signed a deal for 105 A320neo jets with Saudi Arabia's state-owned airline Saudia Group, for planes destined for Saudia itself and flyadeal, the group’s low-cost carrier.
A new Loganair route from Scotland's Glasgow Airport promises year-round connections to scenic Donegal in Northern Ireland, with three flights per week for the majority of the northern summer season and then dropping to Friday and Sunday flights from October 28 to enable weekend trips.
The US's Spirit Airlines has scrapped change and cancellation fees, meaning passengers will save between US$69 and US$119.
After average airfares in the UK rose a claimed 30 per cent in the past year, Ireland's Ryanair has reported its best-ever after-tax profit, up 34 per cent at EUR1.9 billion, with revenues 25 per cent more year on year at EUR13.44 billion euro.
The UK's Virgin Group is planning up to four new rail services on Britain's West Coast, with proposals to operate separate train services between London Euston and Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham and Glasgow (Central station).
Hundreds of long-serving Virgin Atlantic cabin crew are using an employment tribunal in London to argue that Sir Richard Branson’s airline unfairly made them redundant while retaining cheaper new hires in 2020 when Covid hit.
