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ALITALIA likely to resume Australian services 0
- Airline News, Alitalia, British Airways, Emirates, Etihad, Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Australia
- December 1, 2014
ALITALIA (AZ) is tipped to return to Australian skies from late 2015. Etihad Airways (EY), which holds a 49% stake in the Italy’s national airline, will like use ALITALIA as the platform with to expand services to Australia in order to overcome capacity limitations under present bi-laterals. AZ last regularly served Australia until 1998 –
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Virgin Australia cuts Melbourne-LAX 0
- Airline News, Delta Airlines, QANTAS, United Airlines, Virgin Australia
- July 23, 2014
Virgin Australia is set to cut its thrice weekly Boeing 777-300ER Melbourne-Los Angeles effective 26 October 2014. The carrier will instead increase frequency on its Brisbane – Los Angeles 777 service from four times weekly to daily also from 26 October 2014. The carrier, in a memo to staff, states this move is as a
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Virgin Australia and QANTAS have a twitter exchange 0
- Airline News, QANTAS, Virgin Australia
- June 11, 2014
Virgin Australia’s tweet on 10 June 2014 to announce they had landed in Longreach, Queensland for the first time elicited a rather cheeky tweet from QANTAS. Virgin Australia’s tweet “We landed at Longreach, the birthplace of Australian aviation, for the 1st time today on a flight chartered by the QLD State of Origin team” prompted
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Virgin Atlantic farewells Sydney!0
- Airline News, British Airways, QANTAS, Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Australia
- May 5, 2014
After almost ten years of service to Sydney, Australia, Virgin Atlantic operated its final flight today, 05 May 2014 from Sydney to Hong Kong. The carrier, which commenced flying to Sydney on 08 December 2004, offered daily flight A340-600s flights from London Heathrow to Sydney via Hong Kong. In February this year the carrier announced
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Etihad likely to take major stake in ALITALIA 0
- Airline News, Alitalia, Etihad, Virgin Australia
- December 19, 2013
Reports from Rome suggest that ALITALIA is close to getting a capital injection of EUR 300 million from Etihad Airways. Talks are in an advanced stage at this time. This would effectively make Etihad the largest share holder in the ALITALIA Group. Etihad may thus be the ‘White Knight’ the Italian carrier desperately needs to
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Etihad announces Perth services 0
- Airline News, Etihad, Virgin Australia
- December 13, 2013
Etihad Airways has officially announced it will commence flights to Perth. The carrier will operate daily flights Abu Dhabi to Perth from 15 July 2014 using 2 class A330-200. All flights will be operated in collaboration and code-share with Virgin Australia. Etihad already serves Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. The carrier’s CEO Mr James Hogan states
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