Tag: Airline

Etihad Airways recognised as the Worlds Leading Airline by the World Travel Awards - today launched a major nationwide advertising campaign inviting Australians to change to the best. Showcasing the airlines superior product and service offering and the strength of its global network, the campaign signals Etihads ambition to become the airline of choice for overseas travel from Australia.

Iberias cabin crew are threatening strike action over plans to launch a new carrier this year that would pay crew lower wages. The new airline would employ some 350 staff and operate 14 aircraft, and is viewed as an attempt by the Spanish flag carrier to sidestep union resistance to cost cuts.

Javier Santos, spokesman for Comision de Trabajadores Asemblearios (CTA), the biggest cabin crew union, said: We are completely against this move. They are just trying to pay cabin crew less.

Aviation enjoyed its second safest year on record during 2009, according to statistics from the International Air Travel Association (IATA), despite several high profile accidents.

According to IATA data, the 2009 global accident rate - measured in hull losses per million flights of Western-built jet aircraft - was 0.71.

That is equal to one accident for every 1.4 million flights, and a significant improvement on the rate of 0.81 rate recorded in 2008.