Qantas has launched a new TV commercial as part of a larger advertising campaign portraying itself as a part of the fabric of the life of everyday Australians. The commercial – You’re the Reason We Fly – features an aerial tour of “Australians going about their everyday activities” and ends with a mosaic of some
The UK has formally accepted the first international F-35 Joint Strike Fighter during a ceremony at Lockheed Martin’s Fort Worth, Texas headquarters. The aircraft, an F-35B short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) variant, will head to Eglin Air Force Base in Florida where it will be used for pilot and crew training. The UK agreed
Singapore Airlines will launch a second daily A380 service between Melbourne and Singapore next month. The second A380 will replace a Boeing 777-300ER as SQ217/218, departing Singapore at 9:55 am and returning from Melbourne at 12:05 am. The changeover is scheduled for August 16. The airline, which already operates two daily A380 services between Singapore-Sydney,
Etihad Airways has received approval to double its stake in Virgin Australia’s domestic business to 10 per cent despite heavy lobbying against the deal by rival Qantas. In a statement today, the UAE flag carrier said its bid to increase its stake in Virgin from 4.99 per cent had been approved by Australian’s Foreign Investment
Travel through Brisbane Airport was up 4.6 per cent last financial year to more than 21 million passengers, setting a new record despite the Qantas grounding and the collapse of Brisbane-based Air Australia. The uptick came on the back of steady growth in seat capacity, with more than one million seats added on domestic flights
Qantas will launch its iPad-based ‘QStreaming’ in-flight entertainment system on its east coast fleet of Boeing 767s starting later this year. The system, which allows passengers to access more than 200 hours of free movies, TV shows and other content via a Qantas-provided tablet, will hit the first of the airline’s 767s in the fourth
