Singapore Airlines will deploy one of its A350-900 aircraft to New Zealand, with operations to Christchurch scheduled to commence from 7 January 2019 when SQ297 departs Singapore for the city.

“What do the passengers around us think?” asks my seating partner ensconced in G on the other side of the four seater aisle. “I was wondering the same thing”, I replied.

A fleet of up to 200 electric Jaguar I-PACE vehicles will be made available to passengers for travel to and from Heathrow. The largest chauffeur-driven fleet of electric vehicles in the UK will be available from this summer as Heathrow attempts to improve air quality around the airport.

DUBAI, U.A.E, 8 MAY 2018 - Emirates, the largest international airline in the world, today announced it will start a daily service between Scotland’s capital city, Edinburgh, and Dubai, from 1 October 2018.

Shocked passengers planning to cash-in their frequent flyer points on Qantas have discovered the points no longer exist, according to reports on both sides of the Tasman.

Air New Zealand will operate five additional return A320 services between Dunedin and Auckland per week from October, adding around 70,000 seats annually to the route and upping seat capacity by close to 25 percent. The new flights are timed to help Dunedin business travellers get more out of their day in Auckland, as well as enable connections via Auckland to Air New Zealand’s international destinations including Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, Perth and Nadi. Air New Zealand Chief Revenue Officer Cam Wallace is in Dunedin to speak at the TRENZ travel showcase and says the additional services will provide even more options for travellers. “We are committed to growing services between Dunedin and Auckland and working closely with Dunedin Airport. Dunedin is a really important part of Air New Zealand’s network, so it’s tremendous to see continued strong demand for services to and from the city,” says Mr Wallace. Dunedin Airport Chief Executive Officer Richard Roberts says the new services reflect the partnership between the two organisations. “Our business is built on strong relationships and we are particularly proud of our relationship with Air New Zealand. Over the past few years we have worked together to increase capacity in and out of our region. This latest announcement is testament to this – better together,” says Mr Roberts. A Air New Zealand release  ||  mMy 08, 2018   |||

Qantas has applied to share codes with China Airlines on the New Zealand route.  The International Air Services Commission (IASC) confirmed it had received an application from Qantas seeking to permit the utilisation of capacity for that purpose.

In a letter to the IASC, Qantas asked that its application be considered against the reasonable capability criterion for assessing the benefit to the public in Paragraph 8 of the International Air Services Commission Policy Statement 2018.

These state that the use of entitlements by an Australian carrier under a bilateral arrangement is of benefit to the public, provided that it is reasonably capable of obtaining the necessary approvals and implementing the proposal.

In accordance with section 22 of the International Air Services Commission Act 1992, the Commission has invited submissions about the application.

A eGlobal release  ||  May 08, 2018   |||

Auckland Airport has opened applications for its sixth annual Tourism Development Grants at the airport’s International Travel Summit in Dunedin.

"It's a beautiful looking thing," he says, "art deco through and through. It's like a mirror, a thing of huge beauty. It was the first twin built by Lockheed.".

Travellers can save as much as 50 per cent on the cost of their travel insurance if they look further afield for their cover. A comparison by financial …