Posts Tagged ‘virgin blue’
Airliners involved in near miss over NT
December 31st, 2009
Australian aviation investigators are looking into how two passenger jets ended up on a collision course in airspace over the Northern Territory on Tuesday.
The two airline flights were flying on the same flight path and were heading for one another prior to the situation being corrected on Tuesday morning.
A mid-air ...
Peculiar behaviour by Matthew Newton throws airline staff into a panic
November 27th, 2009
Just hours after he trashed a hotel room in Sydney, Underbelly star Matthew Newton has reportedly set airline staff into panic and delaying the flight.
According to passengers on the Virgin Blue flight from Sydney to Melbourne, Newton boarded the plane, then exited the aircraft, as staff attempted to locate his ...
Qantas and Virgin bicker over Fiji
September 2nd, 2009
Virgin Blue and national carrier Qantas are in a war of words after plans for the bigger airline to introduce Jetstar services on the route.
Qantas, which owns 46 percent of Fiji’s national airline Air Pacific, filed an application last weed with the International Air Services Commission for almost 1500 seats ...
Tiger Airways voted as Australia’s least favourite airline
August 31st, 2009
A survey by Choice magazine has revealed that Tiger Airways is Australia’s least favourite airline with only a 55 percent satisfaction rate.
The Domestic Airline Satisfaction Survey ranked the Singaporean owned airline as the lowest, followed closely by Jetstar, which recorded a 60 percent satisfaction rate.
Virgin Blue was voted the most ...