United welcomes first flight academy graduates
- BTN News
- Monday, 13 March 2023
USA-based United Airlines says the first graduates from its Aviate (flight) Academy comprised 80 per cent women or minorities.
Spain extends free rail ticket program
- BTN News
- Monday, 13 March 2023
Spanish authorities are extending a free rail ticket scheme offered in conjunction with train operator Renfe until December this year.
Verra to scrap rainforest offsets program
- BTN News
- Monday, 13 March 2023
Verra, the carbon credit certifier used by Disney, Shell and other big corporations for climate claims, is to scrap its rainforest offsets program after investigators found it was flawed.
UK's HS2 goes off the rails
- BTN News
- Monday, 13 March 2023
Because costs have soared by billions of pounds, the UK's proposed and expensive high speed rail project HS2 to connect London with the north will be delayed by years and major road building schemes will be mothballed, government ministers say.
AA pilots' union says strike is 'possible'
- BTN News
- Monday, 13 March 2023
American Airlines (AA) pilots will vote on possible strike action, their union the Allied Pilots Association (APA) says, despite AA ceo Robert Isom saying their pay will rise to match pilots at rival Delta Air Lines.
Air Japan releases in-flight plans
- BTN News
- Monday, 13 March 2023
All Nippon Airways' (ANA's) Air Japan, a new medium-haul low-cost international airline, has released some aircraft details ahead of its launch in February 2024.
Virgin Australia in talks with banks?
- BTN News
- Monday, 13 March 2023
Reuters reports Virgin Australia is in talks with at least two banks - Goldman Sachs and UBS - for a loan of up to A$450 million to pay its private equity owner Bain Capital ahead of the airline's stock exchange re-listing (planned for later this year).
American offers pilots a 'Delta-like' pay deal
- BTN News
- Monday, 13 March 2023
USA-based American Airlines says it's prepared to raise pilot pay to match rival Delta, including 40 per cent cumulative increases in a potential four-year deal.
Cathay hoping 2022 second-half recovery continues
- BTN News
- Monday, 13 March 2023
Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Group says despite a third consecutive full-year loss, it sees green shoots from a marked improvement in the second half of last year, allowing it to report positive cash flow of HK$2.96 billion as travel demand resumed.
ACCC reports Qantas was 'most-complained-about'
- BTN News
- Monday, 13 March 2023
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) says complaints against flag carrier Qantas made it the most-complained-about airline in 2021-22, with 1,740 'contacts', 68 per cent more than in the previous year.
Passenger numbers continue to recover - IATA
- BTN News
- Monday, 13 March 2023
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says January 2023 figures indicate the recovery in air travel demand is continuing.
CAA tells Heathrow to cut passenger charges from 2024
- BTN News
- Monday, 13 March 2023
London Heathrow airport has been told by the UK regulator the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to cut average passenger charges by about 20 per cent from next year.
Australians told to expect cheaper airfares
- BTN News
- Wednesday, 08 March 2023
Australia's airfares cost 13 per cent less on average in January, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) says, but that still left them 13 per cent more than they were before Covid.
