Air New Zealand has announced that its Boeing 777-300ERs will be fitted for inflight connectivity which will allow passengers to use their mobile phones to send and receive text messages as well as access email and the internet on board. “Customers onboard our new Boeing 777-300 aircraft will be able to use their own GSM/GPRS
On the same day Virgin Blue announced that it was cutting its profit outlook, Qantas said that it remains on track to record a pretax profit of $300-$400 million for the 2010 financial year. The airline made the report about its guidance in reporting its April operating statistics to the Australian Securities Exchange, which overall
Hawaiian Airlines CEO Mark Dunkerley has signed a three year contract extension which will see him continue to work with the airline while it undergoes a major fleet renewal program. Dunkerley joined Hawaiian in 2003 as the company’s chief operating officer, and has overseen the airline through the collapse of its rival Aloha Airlines, and
Boeing has signed an agreement with PetroChina to evaluate establishing a sustainable biofuels industry in China. Boeing says that the project will look at all phases of sustainable aviation biofuel development including agronomy, energy inputs and outputs, life cycle emissions analysis, infrastructure and government policy support. An assessment of the economic and technical feasibility is
South African Airways has ordered five additional Airbus A320s, which will be delivered from 2013. The order brings up SAA’s commitment for A320s to 20, with all to be powered by IAE V2500 engines.
Virgin Blue has slashed its net profit before tax outlook for the 2010 financial year, saying it will come in between $20 and $40 million, a major revision to the previous guidance of $80 million. “Since the guidance given earlier this month, we have continued to see rapid deterioration and increased volatility in the operating
