David Eyre
23 April 2013 © David Eyre The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission today announced that it would permit Virgin Australia’s 60% takeover of Tiger Airways Australia. The regulator stated...
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19 April 2013 © David Eyre Air New Zealand will commence twice weekly direct flights between Christchurch, New Zealand and Perth, Western Australia, from 3 December 2013 to 26 April...
11 April 2013 © David Eyre Virgin Australia officially completed the takeover of Skywest today, with the airline becoming Virgin Australia Regional Airlines. Virgin Australia also announced that Ms...
5 April 2013 © David Eyre Skippers Aviation Fokker 100 VH-XKN (cn 11420, ex PH-LXG), one of three known to be going to the airline, has been painted in...
3 April 2013 © David Eyre China Southern commenced services to Perth on 9 November 2011 on the Beijing – Guangzhou – Perth route, which was operated by Airbus...
2 April 2013 © David Eyre As reported on AviationWA on 4 February 2013, Jetstar Asia (Singapore) is providing additional morning services between Singapore and Perth from April 2013,...
31 March 2013 © David Eyre Qantas new partnership arrangement with Emirates commenced today – Sunday 31 March 2013 (Easter Sunday). To celebrate the new partnership today, Qantas A380...
27 March 2013 © David Eyre The Singapore High Court has given its approval for the takeover of Skywest Airlines by Virgin Australia. This was the last remaining regulatory...
27 March 2013 © David Eyre The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) gave final approval on 27 March 2013 for Qantas and Emirates to proceed with their proposed...
27 March 2013 AirAsia X is increasing flight frequency between Kuala Lumpur and Perth. The current D7 232/ D7 233 service currently operates on Tue, Wed, Fri and Sun,...
18 March 2013 © David Eyre In an article by Steve Creedy in The Australian, Qantas CEO Domestic, Lyell Strambi says that the airline believes that there is enough...
9 March 2013 © David Eyre Bristow Group has placed major helicopter orders at the 2013 Heli-Expo in Las Vegas, USA. The orders include 26 Sikorsky S-76D, 12 Eurocopter...
2 March 2013 © David Eyre Perth Airport’s new $120 million Terminal 2 (formerly known as “Terminal WA”) commenced operations today, with the departure at 7:23am of Fokker 100...
2 March 2013 © David Eyre Philippine Airlines has confirmed that it will commence services from Manila via Darwin to Perth from 1 June 2013, four times per week...
1 March 2013 © David Eyre In an statement to the London Stock Exchange, Skywest has announced a $1.7million loss for the six months ended 31 December 2012, but...
