An A320 delivered on June 1 was British Airways’s 100th single-aisle Airbus aircraft. BA has taken delivery of two A318s, 33 A319s, 48 A320s and 16 A321s since it first became an Airbus operator (via predecessor airline British Caledonian) in 1988.
Regional Express (Rex) has revealed that it is considering pulling out from no fewer than seven routes in response to rising fuel prices and softening passenger demand. Rex has identified Sydney-Taree; Sydney-Grafton; Sydney-Moruya; Sydney-Bathurst; Melbourne-Griffith; Melbourne-King Island; and Melbourne-Merimbula as markets it is considering withdrawing from, and says it has now begun briefing community stakeholders.
Tiger Airways is to “shortly” move three of its Avalon routes to Melbourne/Tullamarine following a recent network review. With one Avalon based A320 being shifted to Melbourne, flights to Brisbane, Adelaide and the Gold Coast from Avalon will operate instead from Melbourne/Tullamarine. However, Tiger will continue to fly to Sydney and Perth from Avalon, and
Qantas has called for expressions of interest for voluntary redundancies among its 7000-strong cabin crew workforce. Qantas has said that following the expressions of interest process around 350 cabin crew may be offered voluntary redundancies, but that no forced redundancies are planned. “The voluntary redundancy program for cabin crew is part of a number of
Swedish firm Braathens Leasing has placed a firm order for five Bombardier CS100 and five CS300 jetliners, plus options for a further 10 CSeries. The CSeries will be operated by Braathens Aviation subsidiary Malmö Aviation from its base at Bromma-Stockholm City Airport. Bombardier’s CS100 is expected to enter service in 2013, with the larger CS300
Airbus has delivered the 50th A320 assembled in China to Shanghai based Juneyao Airlines. The Juneyao A320, which was handed over during a ceremony held at the Airbus Delivery Centre in Tianjin, will add to the airline’s existing fleet of two A319s and 17 A320s. “The 50th delivery is a major milestone for FALC (Final Assembly Line
