Qantas has announced that it will again increase domestic, regional and Tasman air fares in “response to high oil and jet fuel prices”. The airline will increase fares by up to $10 per sector on domestic and regional flights for tickets issued on or after March 31. Increases of up to eight per cent will
QantasLink will again operate ski season services between Sydney and Mt Hotham, with flights to operate from June to September. The services, due to run between June 24 and September 11, will operate on selected Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays. Between four and five return services per week are initially planned, building to seven
Israel’s El Al has ordered four 737-900ERs with options on an undisclosed number of further aircraft. The deal is fvalued at approximately US$343.2m (A$340.1m) at current list prices.
Virgin Blue has revealed it is on track to make a loss of between $30 and $80 million for the current financial year, with the airline blaming a challenging second half due to rising global fuel prices and natural disasters. Virgin Blue says record fuel prices will add an extra $50 million to the airline’s
Jetstar has continued to maintain its existing flight schedule between Australia and Japan, while making a change to its daily Gold Coast to Tokyo route in the aftermath of the country’s devastating earthquake and tsunami which struck less than two weeks ago. The airline has continued to operate its 25 weekly regular return services to
Sydney Metro Airport Bankstown has given its recent Fly Free Weekends initiative the thumbs up, judging the program to be a success after it tracked a 4.3 per cent increase in movements over previous quarter weekend data. “The recent trends in the General Aviation activity have been depressed with traffic falling 20 per cent in
