Airline News

QANTAS set to close Brisbane call centre on 14 June 2016 0
- AHB Original Articles, Airline News, Airline Resource Management, QANTAS
- February 25, 2016
The QANTAS call centre in Brisbane is set to close on 14 June 2016, meaning Hobart will be the sole call centre located in Australia for the airline. Approximately 150 remaining staff are affected by this closure. They have been left without any concrete date for closure for quite some time. The closure of the
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Air Canada announces daily Brisbane services 0
- Air Canada, Airline News, QANTAS
- December 21, 2015
Air Canada’s previously announced thrice weekly services from Vancouver to Brisbane, scheduled to start 01 June 2016, will be boosted to daily services from 17 June 2016. Benjamin Smith, President, Passenger Airlines, said customer response to Air Canada’s announcement of the only non-stop flights between Canada and Brisbane had been very positive. “As a result,
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American Airlines announces Auckland services 0
- Airline News, American Airlines, QANTAS
- November 11, 2015
American Airlines has confirmed it will resume services to New Zealand from June 2016. In a joint press conference in Wellington, American and QANTAS announced a new daily service from Los Angeles to Auckland using American Airlines’ 787-8 aircraft. The two carriers collaborate already collaborate under a “Joint Business Agreement” on Trans-Pacific services. Air New
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Cathay Pacific adds 5th weekly Adelaide flight 0
- Airline News, Cathay Pacific
- September 24, 2015
Cathay Pacific is set to increase capacity to South Australia by 25 per cent. The carrier has announced it will add a fifth weekly service on the Hong Kong to Adelaide market from 02 December 2015. Cathay’s Adelaide services were “de-linked” from Melbourne last April to become dedicated non-stop services. “Since we introduced our new
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Air Canada announces Brisbane flights 0
- Air Canada, Airline News
- July 9, 2015
Air Canada has officially confirmed it will add Brisbane, Australia to its route network from 2016. This will be the carrier’s second Australian station after Sydney which already has daily 777 services. The Canadian carrier will offer year round thrice weekly 787-9 non-stop services from Vancouver to Brisbane from 17 June 2016. “Air Canada continues to strategically
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Jetstar Hong Kong has its wings permanently clipped 0
- Airline News, Jetstar, Uncategorized
- June 25, 2015
Alan Joyce’s flawed “pan Asia” strategy has hit another road block with Hong Kong’s Air Transport Licence board rejecting Jetstar Hong Kong’s appeal to to obtain a licence. It would seem with this setback the fledgling start up will only ever be a “paper airline”. In their ruling, the authority issued this statement on 25
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