Virgin Australia crew continue pay talks
- BTN News
- Saturday, 09 December 2023
Virgin Australia cabin crew will continue negotiations with the airline after progress was made in crisis talks, but say more needs to be done to reach a fair resolution.
One arrest in AOG Technics' engines fraud case
- BTN News
- Saturday, 09 December 2023
Britain's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has made an arrest in its criminal investigation into allegations that AOG Technics distributed fake parts for the world's most-sold passenger jet engine, the CFM56.
Prestwick Airport receives EoI
- BTN News
- Saturday, 09 December 2023
An expression of interest (EoI) has been received by the Scottish government for its Glasgow Prestwick Airport.
Burrell, Cromlix win Thistle Awards
- BTN News
- Saturday, 09 December 2023
UK tennis star Andy Murray's Cromlix Hotel has won 'hotel of the year' at the Scottish Thistle Awards.
International traffic growth outstrips domestic in Australia
- BTN News
- Saturday, 09 December 2023
Australia's airline network figures are back to 98 per cent of pre-Covid levels, with Airservices Australia's Aviation Network Overview report for last month showing international traffic accelerating ahead of forecasts and domestic numbers hitting a plateau.
Cebu Pacific adds direct Da Nang service
- BTN News
- Saturday, 09 December 2023
Philippines-based Cebu Pacific has launched its first non-stop route from Manila to Da Nang, Vietnam, with flights operating Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Bonza delays Gold Coast flights 'indefinitely'
- Health & Leisure
- Saturday, 09 December 2023
Further to our December 4 report on cancelled Bonza services, Australians now face "indefinite delays" to Bonza's planned Gold Coast launch.
Qantas launches Bali sale
- BTN News
- Saturday, 09 December 2023
Australia's Qantas has a Bali flights sale running until midnight on Thursday, December 14 unless sold out prior.
AA appeals 'anticompetitive' JetBlue ruling
- BTN News
- Saturday, 09 December 2023
American Airlines has asked a US appeals court to reverse a judge’s decision that its now-scrapped US Northeast partnership with JetBlue Airways was 'anticompetitive'.
Eggers new ASM Global deputy director business development APAC
- MICE News
- Friday, 08 December 2023
Tina Eggers (pictured right) has been appointed deputy director of business development at ASM Global (APAC).The newly-created role will support the business development of ASM Global venues and its operations in the Asia Pacific and Gulf region.
In her new role, Eggers will support ASM Global group director of marketing, Beverley Parker.
Eggers previously worked for Business Events Sydney and at ICC Sydney International Convention Centre as senior manager business development – national.
Borland joins Qatar Air Australia
- BTN News
- Friday, 08 December 2023
Wayne Borland (pictured right) has been appointed Qatar Airways country manager for the Australian Eastern market.Borland's experience includes airlines Etihad Airways, Aircalin, Air New Zealand and American Airlines, where he worked in a variety of management, sales and business development positions, as well as broad industry experience at other companies including Carlson Wagonlit and Movenpick Hotels.
Virgin Atlantic inks Travelport gds deal
- MICE News
- Friday, 08 December 2023
Virgin Atlantic and Travelport have renewed a distribution deal that includes all Virgin Atlantic content including future distribution of NDC through the Travelport+ platform.
Weather impacts flight data
- BTN News
- Friday, 08 December 2023
Week 48 saw traffic continuing to decline to 23,809 flights/day, with weather, in particular the very heavy snow at Munich, causing many cancelled flights and diversions, as well as negatively impacting delays and punctuality. Arrival punctuality – the proportion of flights arriving no more than 15 minutes late – dropped sharply to just 67.3 per cent, nine percentage points down on the previous edition of the European Aviation Overview and well below both 2022 and 2019 levels.
