Aviation

Virgin faces battle to ease Tasman rules

Matt O'Sullivan Virgin Australia faces opposition from New Zealand airports and city councils to a loosening of conditions on its alliance with Air New Zealand on trans-Tasman routes.

Shares

Branding is the key stake in Virgin: Branson

Matt O'Sullivan Richard Branson says he is likely to eventually sell his remaining stake in Virgin Australia.

Airlines

Branson won't commit to Virgin stake

Matt O'Sullivan English entrepreneur Richard Branson has indicated he will not be a long-term shareholder in Virgin Australia following his recent decision to reduce his stake in the airline.

Aviation

Clouds on horizon for embattled Qantas

Matt O'Sullivan Qantas dropped almost 6 per cent on Friday after chief executive Alan Joyce flagged a tough second half due to competition in the domestic market and one-off costs from international flying.

Airlines

Competitors combat Qantas alliance

Matt O'Sullivan Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce says the airline’s international competitors are mounting ‘‘aggressive short-term responses’’ to its alliance with Emirates.

Aviation

Tiger eyes battle for market share

Matt O'Sullivan Rob Sharp believes the budget-end of air travel will become 'extremely competitive' over the next two years.

New Tiger chief predicts tough competition

Matt O'Sullivan Tiger Australia's new chief executive, Rob Sharp, believes the budget end of the air travel market will become "extremely competitive" over the next two years as his airline jostles with Jetstar for...

Profits

Flight Centre jumps on guidance lift

Matt O'Sullivan Flight Centre has lifted its earnings guidance for this year to as much as $340 million in pre-tax earnings due in part to a rebound holiday travel.

Logistics

Hutchison, Qube make port shortlist

Matt O'Sullivan Companies make shortlist of four bidders vying for the right to operate $1.2 billion container terminal.

Aviation

First Dreamliner in Sydney - JAL or Jetstar?

Matt O'Sullivan Japan Airlines will begin flying its Boeing 787 Dreamliners to Sydney in December in a move which has it vying with Jetstar to launch flights of the new planes to Australia's gateway.

Stevedores

Hutchison leads race for $1.2b ports contract

Matt O'Sullivan Qube Logistics and stevedoring giant Hutchison Ports have made a short list of four bidders vying for the right to operate a new $1.2b container terminal in Melbourne.

Aviation

Regulator urges airport upgrades

Matt O'Sullivan The competition watchdog has called for Australia's biggest airports to boost their investment.

Watchdog

Airport service worse at largest airports

Matt O'Sullivan The competition watchdog has lambasted Australia's five largest airports for deteriorating service levels, and named Sydney Airport as the worst offender.

Comments 245

Virgin deal a headache for Borghetti, and for Qantas

Matt O'Sullivan As Singapore Airlines emerges with the biggest stake in Virgin Australia, the challenge for Virgin boss John Borghetti will be to manage competing interests of the very big shareholders now sitting...

Matt O'Sullivan

Virgin boss has many masters to serve

Matt O'Sullivan The challenge for Virgin boss John Borghetti will be to manage competing interests of the very big shareholders now sitting behind his airline.

Aviation

Virgin ready to tame Tiger

Matt O'Sullivan Virgin Australia will move swiftly to try to stem large losses at Tiger Australia by installing a new chief executive for the budget airline and redeploying planes to more profitable routes.

Travellers bid farewell to cheap airfares

Matt O'Sullivan Travellers are about to realise how good they've had it flying on domestic routes over the past two years.

Matt O'Sullivan

Virgin-Tiger deal: short-term pain, long-term gain

Matt O'Sullivan Domestic airfares might be about to rise as Aussie travellers realise how good they've had it flying on domestic routes.

Green light for Virgin-Tiger deal

Matt O'Sullivan Virgin Australia will be able to forge ahead with its bid for Tiger Australia after the competition regulator decided not to oppose a deal which will shake up the country’s aviation industry.