Singapore Airlines’ regional subsidiary SilkAir is adding a fifth weekly service on the Singapore-Darwin route from June 5. SilkAir began operating its currently four times weekly schedule to Darwin in March 2012. The flights are codeshared by Virgin Australia.
Emirates Airline has signed a contract for the 50 additional Airbus A380s it announced it was acquiring at the Dubai Airshow last month. “The A380 is our flagship aircraft. It is popular with our customers and delivers results for us in terms of operational performance,” Emirates Airline president Tim Clark, who was in Toulouse to
Some 135 Brindabella Airlines staff are facing a grim Christmas after they were formally retrenched on Monday after administrators KordaMentha were unable to find a buyer for the failed regional airline. “What we can’t do is give staff false hope, we’ve got to be realistic and there’s no point in prolonging the inevitable,” KordaMentha executive
Cathay Pacific has become the first Asian airline to order Boeing’s newly launched 777X, placing an order for 21 777X-9s on Friday. “The 777-9X promises us improved payload range capability and reduced operating costs, in addition to a significant reduction in environmental emissions,” said John Slosar, chief executive of Cathay Pacific Airways. “We think it
The RAAF has completed its Philippines Assist mission with the return of two 37SQN C-130J Hercules to their Richmond home base on Friday. The two C-130Js plus a 70-strong Air Component Coordination Element based at Mactan Airport were the RAAF’s main contributions to the Australian government’s Operation Phlippines Assist mission to provide disaster relief support
Sichuan Airlines’ first twice weekly service to Sydney from Chengdu and Chongqing touched down on Friday. The new flights are the first to directly link Sydney with western China, and are being operated by two-class, 301-seat Airbus A330-300s. It is Sichuan Airlines’ second service to Australia, after launching Chengdu-Melbourne services in February.
