Its new services to Sydney, operated by Boeing 787-8s, reduce travel time between the two cities in Fujian province and Australia to nine hours, according to the carrier.
Read moreEtihad Airways will introduce the Airbus A380 on its Abu Dhabi-New York JFK route on December 1, 2015. Before that, the airline will begin A380 service between Abu Dhabi and Sydney on June 1.
Read moreThe airline will introduce its Premium Economy Class on August 9, when passengers traveling on select flights from Singapore to Sydney will be able to sit in Singapore Airlines’ new cabin class.
Read moreThe new concourse extension at Terminal B contains a total of 10 new gates. The gates, numbered from B30 to B39, will be used to serve American Eagle regional jet flights. Meanwhile, Qantas has announced it will replace the 747-400s used on its Sydney-DFW service with Airbus A380s.
Read moreUnited Airlines plans to fly six round-trips a week on the route, using Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft. United is the North American launch customer for the Boeing 787-9 and this will be its first international deployment of the type.
Read moreSingapore Airlines and Ethiopian Expand Their Codeshare Agreement
Airlines November 25, 2013
Star Alliance carriers Singapore Airlines and Ethiopian Airlines are expanding their existing codeshare agreement with effect from December 3.
Read moreSIA and Aegean Airlines Agree to Codeshare
Airlines November 19, 2012
Singapore Airlines and Star Alliance partner Aegean Airlines have signed a reciprocal codeshare deal, which goes into effect on December 1.
Read moreSydney’s Manly Beach to Host Inaugural Australian Open of Surfing in Mid-February
DestinationsEvents January 5, 2012
More than 100,000 surfers, tourists, and Sydney-siders are expected to flood the beach to attend the free nine-day event, which also includes a Skate Bowl featuring the world’s best skateboarders and live concerts featuring some of Australia’s top musicians.
Read moreDates Set for 2012 ‘Vivid Sydney’ Light-Art Spectacular
DestinationsEvents December 14, 2011
Vivid Sydney, the largest celebration of light, music and ideas in the Southern Hemisphere, will once again transform Sydney’s harbor city after dark, from May 25 to June 11, 2012.
Read moreAs part of a joint plan to increase services to northern Australia, Singapore Airlines’ regional full-service airline SilkAir will begin four-times-weekly service between Singapore and Darwin on March 26. Virgin Australia will complement these flights with daily service between Sydney and Darwin from April 2.
Read moreThe inaugural flight of Virgin Australia’s first turboprop – and Australia ’s first ATR 72 – was also the airline’s first flight from Brisbane to the regional industrial city of Gladstone in Queensland. Virgin Australia flight DJ1711 departed Brisbane at 10.30 a.m. local time on October 17.
Read moreQantas Airways will grow its DFW service incrementally, initially expanding to six flights a week from January 12 and with the airline planning to add a seventh weekly flight by July 12.
Read moreDelta and Virgin Australia to Launch Transpacific Codeshare in November
Airlines September 19, 2011
Delta Air Lines and Virgin Australia Airlines are beginning their planned transpacific codeshare agreement on flights between the United States and Australia on November 6, and have arranged to make customer connections easier at Los Angeles.
Read moreResponding to increasing demand for its service to Hawaii from Sydney in Australia, Hawaiian Airlines will increase the frequency of its service between Sydney and Honolulu from five flights a week to year-round, daily flights on December 14.
Read moreAustralia Gives Go-Ahead for Etihad-Virgin Blue Group Alliance
Airlines February 3, 2011
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has granted authorization for an alliance between Etihad Airways and the Virgin Blue Group of Airlines for five years. The authorization allows the airlines to cooperate on joint pricing and scheduling of services across their respective networks.
Read moreAustralia’s Qantas Airways will begin nonstop service from Sydney to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) with four flights a week starting on May 16, 2011.
Read moreHarbour Bridge Hosts Picnic for 7,500 as Highlight of Crave Sydney Food Festival
DestinationsEvents October 11, 2010
Sydney’s famous Harbour Bridge was transformed on October 10 – the once-in-a-century “10-10-10” date – into the world’s busiest picnic spot, with 7,500 people enjoying breakfast and a spectacular harbor view whilst suspended 50 meters above the water.
Read moreVirgin Blue Holdings and Etihad Airways are establishing a commercial partnership which will enable Virgin Blue’s international arm, V Australia, to launch direct services to Abu Dhabi in 2011 and which will allow the two airlines to offer a joint network of more than 100 destinations from October 1 this year.
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