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Airlines battle ahead of RWC final
Qantas and Air New Zealand spark tongue-in-cheek Twitter war with suggestions of a "friendly wager" as All Blacks and Wallabies reach final.
Qantas and Air New Zealand spark tongue-in-cheek Twitter war with suggestions of a "friendly wager" as All Blacks and Wallabies reach final.
Jetstar says it'll start flying between Auckland and Rarotonga from March next year.
A Qantas flight from Dubai to Sydney was forced to make an unscheduled landing in Perth due to an issue with one of its fuel pumps.
Air NZ boss says Jetstar's entry into the regional market was payback for his airline's foray into Australia.
Qantas has turned around a massive loss to report its biggest profit since before the global financial crisis.
Qantas today reported an annual profit of A$557 million, from a loss of A$2.8 billion the previous year.
Qantas has joined rival Virgin Australia in adding more flights to New Zealand over summer.
The airline said its extra services would include between Melbourne and Christchurch and Brisbane and Auckland.
The Dreamliner has been scheduled to fly Melbourne-Auckland and Auckland-Sydney every Monday for seven weeks.
Australian consumer advocacy group Choice is on board to campaign against Jetstar’s “opt-out” booking service.
Qantas and American Airlines have been granted an okay to introduce more services between Australia and the US.
Air NZ is the sole voice protesting against Qantas and American Airlines' application for a co-ordinated increase in flights.
Qantas is adding thousands of extra seats to its transtasman services in early spring as its subsidiary Jetstar moves ahead with plans for regional services.
Jetstar's just fired another shot at Air NZ - now it's trying to lure passengers away from its highly prized loyalty scheme.
A regional air fare war is looming as Jetstar starts services to provincial cities where Air New Zealand has had a stranglehold.
Jetstar plans to start flights to new regional destinations later this year in what will be a major shake-up for domestic air travel.
The national carrier's shares dropped 10 per cent ahead of an impending Jetstar announcement.
Jetstar is about to make a significant announcement on the expansion of its domestic operations.
The man who was evicted from a Jet Star flight for unruly behaviour on Friday evening has not been arrested, police say.
Jetstar say they are not alone in using an “opt-out” pricing regime on their booking website after the company came under fire from Consumer New Zealand.
Consumer NZ has launched a campaign calling for the public to lobby Jetstar over its opt out pricing regime.
Qantas and Air New Zealand have have assured customers of strong security measures in place after reports a US hacker claimed to be able to hack into an aircraft’s controls.
Jetstar is under investigation by the Commerce Commission over its use of "opt-out pricing" on the airline's website.
New Zealand travellers joined the jet age 50 years ago today when Qantas began Boeing 707 flights to Christchurch.
Today (April 10) marks the 50th anniversary of Qantas' jet service to New Zealand. This supplied video shows an old TV advertisement urging travellers to fly to New Zealand.
"Feels like home" may be Qantas' latest advertising slogan, but it doesn't apply to the airline's lounges, where a "smart-casual" dress code means a ban on jandals.
Qantas will cut fuel surcharges but will replace them with higher base charges as the airline tries to improve margins.
Qantas has been named the world's safest airline, and Air NZ is in the top ten, according to a new report which also noted 2014 was a bad year for airline safety.
Air New Zealand's flights to Buenos Aires will be more than a third filled with passengers from Australia, an analysis of the service says.