The two Hong Kong-based carriers Cathay Pacific and sister-company Dragonair have formally objected to the Hong Kong government over Jetstar Hong Kong’s application for a licence to operate, stating: “approval of (the) Jetstar Hong Kong application would violate basic law and undermine Hong Kong’s economy”. In strongly worded statements following gazettal by the government of Jetstar’s
In a noteworthy adjustment to its international network, Jetstar will redirect capacity from intra-Asian flights to launch nonstop flights between Melbourne and Phuket early December and add services to Honolulu and Singapore from Melbourne, while trimming services within Asia. Starting December 14, the direct flights from Melbourne to Phuket will operate every Saturday and Sunday
Delta Air Lines has placed a firm order with Airbus for 30 A321s and 10 A330-300s. Delta’s A321s will seat 190 people in two classes. Many of the aircraft are expected to be assembled at the new Airbus assembly line in Mobile, Alabama, currently under construction and scheduled to deliver its first aircraft in 2016.
Next week Australia will have, no matter who wins the federal election, a new government. It might be led by the recycled, ‘everything old is new again’ Kevin Rudd, or more likely, as the polls suggest, Tony Abbott’s Liberal-Nationals Coalition. And it appears that that new government will make a new decision on a second
The Coalition has backed away from its earlier promise to fast track the acquisition of a Global Hawk/Triton UAV if elected to government on Saturday. In launching the coalition’s defence policy on Monday, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott said the Coalition would now “consider closely the need for unmanned aerial surveillance vehicles” as part of a
Guest editorial by Senator David Fawcett – Modern airpower and the Peace of Westphalia (signed in 1648) may be centuries apart, but they share a common link – the concept of sovereignty. For a nation state to be sovereign, it needs to be capable of choosing a course of action that is in the best
