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Air New Zealand Launches More Flights for Queenstown
Air New Zealand is introducing additional Australia to Queenstown flights by 47% during the ski season for this year. Roger Poulton, the general manager of sales in New Zealand for the airline, said that this decision was based on meeting the growth of customer demand. Right now there are nearly
by Tina Lane July 17th, 2008
Offices at Sydney Airport Take Wing
The commercial property of Sydney Airport is planned to get a boost with a 9,000 square metre, 40.3 million Australian dollar office building construction. The commercial property precinct of the airport is the same in size as North Ryde's and ...
by Dave Humphries July 16th, 2008
Warning Given Against International Carriers Opening Domestic Routes from Qantas
Qantas has submitted a white paper to the government in Australia, warning the airline industry that the country is at a marginalizing risk unless airlines are allowed to gain a major part of the global growth of the market. They ...
by Tanya Propst July 16th, 2008
New Services for Perth and Singapore from Jetstar
Jetstar announced last Friday, the 11th, that they will be launching daily services for Perth and Singapore with the A320, if they are approved, starting on December 2nd of this year, and they launched special fares on Friday as well ...
by Bobby Jones July 16th, 2008
Thai Airways Focuses on Regional Aircrafts
The plan of Thai Airways International is to purchase 20 of the Airbus A321-200 jetliners, which are worth nearly AU1 billion dollars, has survived close observation by their new board after the review of a major modernization program for their fleet. The board resolved to go through with the purchase
by Paul Scott July 15th, 2008
The Defense Department Grounds Plans of Avalon Airport
The Federal Government has blew a major setback on the AU30 million dollar bid that the Avalon Airport made to go international. The Defense Department is the owner of the land, and they have rejected the Linfox Airports', the operator ...
by Tina Lane July 15th, 2008
Routes to be Suspended by Malaysia Airlines
On Thursday, the 11th, Malaysia Airlines gave an explanation of their reports from earlier to discontinue 15 of their routes, which was not accurate. Abd Manaf Harun, the regional manager of New Zealand and Australia for Malaysia Airlines, said that ...
by Tanya Propst July 15th, 2008
Request for Proposals Issued for Luxury Boutiques by Sydney Airport
The Sydney Airport has issued a luxury fashion boutiques request for proposals to be constructed in the redeveloped international terminal one, which will be finished by 2010. This new shopping area will give an additional retail space of 24,756 ...
by Paul Scott July 14th, 2008
Freefall of Asciano Shares
Asciano Group, the largest rail and port operator in Australia, said that they can't explain the drop in their shares recently, which fell by nearly 20%, and they are still expecting to make a profit for the financial year. In a statement, the company said that they are not aware
by Dave Humphries July 14th, 2008
Pilots for Qantas are Trained Poorly
The pilot for a Qantas aircraft hit the runway hard enough that it bounced and has had two other landings like that in the two weeks prior, according to the transport safety report. A Boeing 717, which was transporting 88 ...
by Tanya Propst July 14th, 2008
