Qantas and Virgin to Hike Fares – Qantas and Virgin will pass on all carbon tax related expenses to consumers when the law comes in to effect in 2012. Qantas and Virgin Australia say they cannot absorb the higher cost of fuel when the scheme kicks in in July 2012. The Flying Kangaroo said today [...]
Safety Oversights at Jetstar – Jetstar, Qantas’s no-frills airline has admitted there have been safety oversights with the maintenance of some of their planes. The Civil Aviation Safety Authority will check the rigour of Jetstar’s maintenance systems and processes, after finding out planes were not fully serviced to schedule. Jetstar hurriedly pulled four Airbus A320s [...]
Qantas To Boost Domestic Flights – Qantas said it would expand its capacity by 9.6 per cent, while Jetstar would swell by up to 30 per cent this year when all the extra flights were operating. The Qantas expansion is being viewed by some industry watchers as an opportunistic move against domestic rivals Virgin Blue [...]
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Virgin Blue Voted Best Domestic Airline – Virgin Blue has been voted Australia’s best domestic airline, for the second year running, in a poll by leading consumer group Choice. More than 11,000 Choice members rated their satisfaction with domestic flights they had taken in the past 12 months, awarding Virgin top scores for service, entertainment [...]
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Jetstar $164 Air Fares To Japan – Low-cost carrier Jetstar has announced April Fools Day as the kick-off for more flights between Australia and Japan at cut-price rates. The airline, which already flies daily between Cairns and Tokyo (Narita) , will add four flights a week from Cairns to Osaka (Kansai International Airport) from April [...]
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