A Choice magazine survey has named Virgin Blue as Australia’s best domestic airline for the second year in a row, with Tiger Airways taking out last place. The survey involved 11,000 Choice members who rated the major domestic carriers on 10 criteria including cost, inflight service and food quality, and saw Virgin Blue receive the
Virgin Blue has applied a special livery to one of its Boeing 737s, 737-800 VH-VUL, to mark the airline’s marketing relationship with 20th Century Fox to mark the release of the movie Avatar on DVD and Blu Ray. The aircraft was launched with a special flight on April 29 from Brisbane to Sydney which carried
Sydney Airport Corporation and SITA are conducting a series of trials at the airport’s international terminal to demonstrate the benefits of SITA’s planned AIRCOM IP GateLink wireless connectivity solution for new aircraft including the A380, Boeing 777 and forthcoming 787. The new product from SITA is aimed at providing a cost-effective way of transmitting large
Piper Aircraft delivered the first PiperSport light sport aircraft to a customer on April 13 at the Sun ‘n Fun event in Lakeland, Florida. “The PiperSport is an amazing entry level aircraft that will bring new customers to Piper,” said Piper president and CEO Kevin J Gould. “It fits perfectly into our overall mission of
The General Electric and Rolls-Royce team developing the alternate F136 engine for the F-35 JSF program has announced it has offered the Pentagon a fixed price offer for the engine. An April 28 release says the offer intends to “create and accelerate competition” between the program’s two engines, the other being the Pratt & Whitney
Qantas has announced that its Frequent Flyer program has now attracted more than seven million members. Qantas says that since a relaunch of the program in July that there has been a 32 per cent increase in memberships. Other major enhancements to the program since then, such as the addition of ‘Any Seat’ redemption opportunities
