- Tiger Airways Launches Valentine's Day Special Offers[Feb. 08, 2007]
Tiger Airways, Singapore's low fare airline, has launched a Valentine's Day Special with 11,000 seats from S$14.98 one way (excluding taxes and fees). Destinations include the romantic beach destinations of Hatyai, Krabi and Phuket in Thailand, Padang in Indonesia, as well as the shopping and spa havens of Bangkok, Thailand.
- Virgin Blue Announces Sponsorship Deal with South Sydney Football Club[Feb. 08, 2007]
Virgin Blue has thrown its support behind the South Sydney Rabbitohs, announcing a two year sponsorship deal with the NRL club.
- Tiger Airways: Asia's Most Punctual Low Cost Airline in 2006[Feb. 08, 2007]
Tiger Airways, Singapore's low fare airline, has clocked up impressive On-Time Punctuality Performance (OTP) for 2006, with a monthly average of almost 85% of all flights operated by the airline being on-time. This unrivalled performance by Tiger Airways beat its closest competitor, Air Asia, whose monthly OTP for 2006 reported on its website averaged 81.4%. Tiger Airways performance in the peak travel month of December was even more impressive with 86% of its flights departing on-time versus only 72% of flights operated by Air Asia.
- British Airways, NAPS Trustees Conclude Pension Agreement[Feb. 07, 2007]
British Airways and the trustees of the New Airways Pension Scheme have (NAPS) formally agreed the funding plan including benefit changes to tackle the 2.1 billion pounds deficit in the scheme.
- British Airways' Bosses May Get Free First Class Travel[Feb. 01, 2007]
British Airways is considering proposals to award unlimited first-class travel to its non-executive directors, a spokeswoman for the airline confirmed on Jan. 30.
- JAL to Scrap Private Rooms at HQ, Cars for Top Executives[Feb. 06, 2007]
Japan Airlines Corp will scrap its president's room and private rooms for other board members from its headquarters building in Tokyo and make them work together in one larger office as part of its management reform efforts, company officials said on Feb. 6.
- Qantas Rejects Engineering Union's Claim[Feb. 06, 2007]
On February 6, Qantas rejected claims by the Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association (ALAEA) that its employees were being pressured to break maintenance procedures.
- Virgin Blue Partners with Queensland Rugby Union[Feb. 06, 2007]
In one of its biggest sponsorship agreements to date, Virgin Blue Airlines has announced a three year partnership with the QR Queensland Reds.
- Singapore Airlines Voted "Best Airline" by Leading German Travel Magazine[Feb. 02, 2007]
Readers of a leading German travel magazine Business Traveller Germany have voted Singapore Airlines as the "Best Airline to the Far East and the Pacific (Overall)". Readers, who participated in the annual survey conducted by the magazine, also voted the Airline as the winner in the following categories: Safety, Cabin Crew, Cabin Comfort, Cabin Appearance, and Catering.
- Boeing Selects Rockwell Collins for 747-8 Avionics System[Feb. 05, 2007]
The Boeing Company has selected Rockwell Collins to provide the entire suite of displays, autopilot, communication, navigation, surveillance, maintenance, emergency and data management systems for its new 747-8 family. The 747-8 is scheduled to enter into service in late 2009.