Pacific and Oceania

Fiji Airways has cancelled all international scheduled flights until the end of July, due to prolonged border closures and travel restrictions.

Fiji Link will also add twice a week direct services between Nadi and Labasa, operating Fridays and Sundays beginning 22nd May.

Virgin Australia has entered voluntary administration to help ensure it emerges in a stronger financial position after the crisis

Solomon Airlines flight IE4710 will depart Honiara at 0450, arriving Sydney at 0805, departing Sydney at 0905 and arriving Brisbane at 1015.

This funding increases Qantas’ available cash balance to $2.95 billion with an additional $1 billion undrawn facility remaining available.

Textron Aviation announced a contract with Pel-Air, based in New South Wales, Australia, for five Beechcraft King Air 350 air ambulance turboprop aircraft.

Nelson Tasman-based airline Originair has added a Nelson-Wellington route to its offering in response to passenger demand.

Regional Express has raised a complaint to the ACCC, claiming that Qantas’ is dumping excessive capacity on routes that are already extremely marginal.

Qantas new daily return flight will commence from 29 March 2020 adding more than 36,000 seats on the Sydney to Ballina route each year.

Regional Express will increase the number of Cape York services between Bamaga and Cairns, in the wake of Skytrans exiting the route