Velocity Frequent Flyer chief executive Neil Thompson says new points-earning opportunities such as the partnership with BP is latest initiative to increase the program’s membership base. The loyalty program of Virgin Australia currently has about 4.9 million members and is aiming to reach seven million by 2017. Thompson says adding fuel purchases – the partnership
Australia’s competition watchdog has put AirAsia X under the spotlight for failing to adequately deal with passengers affected by two cancelled services and secured commitments from budget carrier to promptly process all outstanding claims. Consumers affected by the end of AirAsia X’s Adelaide-Kuala Lumpur service in January, and its failure to launch new Melbourne-Bali flights on Boxing Day
South Australia’s aviation industry has received a second blow in April with Alliance Aviation Services to outsource heavy maintenance work to Europe. Alliance, which is mainly a fly-in/fly-out and charter operator, said on Tuesday it would send its Fokker fleet to Austrian Technik Bratislava for its regular heavy maintenance checks. The transfer of that work, which is
Air New Zealand will operate the Boeing 787-9 to the Pacific Islands for the first time in November when it commences seasonal Dreamliner service between Auckland and Nadi. The inaugural 787 flight is scheduled to take place on November 27 and the Boeing twin will remain on the route until March 2016, Air NZ said
There will be 10 special passengers on board Qantas’s one-off flight to Turkey when it takes off from Sydney Airport on Tuesday evening. The Boeing 747-400ER VH-OEI that will make the journey from Kingsford Smith to Istanbul’s Sabiha Gökçen Airport via Perth is carrying 10 widows of World War One veterans who are headed to
Chile flag carrier LAN has commenced Boeing 787 operations to Australia and New Zealand from its Santiago hub. The airline’s first flight with the Dreamliner on the Santiago-Auckland-Sydney route took off from Comodoro Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport just after midnight on Friday April 17, with LA801 landing in Auckland little before 0400 local time
