Tiger Airlines Still Grounded – Struggling airline Tiger is still ground due to safety concerns but no one knows the reason. The Civil Aviation Safety Authority refuses to release a full list of its safety concerns with Tiger, saying the commercial interests of the airline outweigh public interest in issues it has raised with the [...]
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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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Australia To London For $378 – Some aviation analysts’s predictions that air fares would rise this year as airlines seek to recover losses incurred during the global financial crisis, along with service interruptions from incidents such as Iceland’s volcanic eruption, appear to be wrong. AirAsia is the latest carrier to offer one-way fares from Australia [...]
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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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Tiger Airways Has New Boss – TIGER Airways Holdings has appointed the former boss of low-cost UK carrier bmibaby as managing director of its Australian operations. Aviation veteran Crawford Rix will head up the Singapore-based airline’s Australian arm after a four-year stint as managing director at bmibaby.
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