Jetstar will offer flights to four major Australian cities from Avalon Airport next year after announcing new flights to Hobart and Adelaide will start from March 2016. The low fares airline will offer four return services a week from Avalon to Hobart as well as three return flights a week between Avalon and Adelaide. Jetstar … Read more
Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments Hard on the heels of commencing a significant codeshare agreement with Qantas Airways, Solomon Airlines has now officially validated a tripartite codeshare agreement with fellow Melanesian carriers Air Niugini and Air Vanuatu. Initially announced in principle last February, the watershed agreement confirming the codeshare was officially signed by the … Read more
Jetstar has started flying new regional routes in New Zealand – Napier to Auckland and Nelson to Auckland. All regional flights are operated using 50-seat Bombardier Q300 turboprop aircraft. Return flights are being operated three times a day between Napier and Auckland and Nelson and Auckland initially, moving to four times a day from February next … Read more
Virgin Australia today announced the introduction of non-stop flights between Christchurch and the Cook Islands next year. The airline will operate a weekly return service using its Boeing 737-800 aircraft between Christchurch and Rarotonga from 25 June 2016 to 8 October 2016. Virgin Australia Chief Commercial Officer Judith Crompton said the new service makes it … Read more
Qantas A380 route to Sydney is currently the longest flight in the world. Qantas Airways has announced it will increase its Dallas Fort Worth to Sydney service from six flights a week to daily, starting in April of 2016. Qantas utilizes Airbus A380 aircraft to fly the DFW to Sydney route, which is currently the … Read more
Fiji Airways has announced the appointment of experienced executive, Shaenaz Voss, to the position of Executive General Manager (EGM) Fiji Link and Group Corporate, International and Government Affairs. Voss is the first local in five years to become EGM at the National Airline, demonstrating the company’s commitment to the progression of Fijian aviation professionals. As … Read more
Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments Regional Express (Rex), in partnership with Snowy Mountains Airport Corporation Pty Ltd (SMAC), has today announced that it will commence Regular Public Transport (RPT) services between Sydney and the Snowy Mountains (Cooma) in March 2016. Services will commence from Wednesday 23 March 2016 for the Easter period, with the core schedule of … Read more
Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments At the close of an eventful year for Solomon Airlines, a period which has seen the advent of a new Sydney service, a new direct Nadi service and the signing of a code share agreement with Qantas, Solomon Airlines CEO, Ron Sumsum has said the time has come for … Read more
Share Tweet Share Share Email Comments A newly reconfigured Qantas Boeing 737-800 painted in vintage 1960s livery has been unveiled in Sydney as the national carrier celebrates 95 years of flying. Retro Roo II (VH-VXQ) has the same livery that featured on Qantas’ Boeing 707 jets from 1959 to 1961 – when the flying kangaroo … Read more
On 1 August 2014 a Qantas Boeing 737-838 aircraft (registered VH-VZR and operated as QF842) commenced take-off from Sydney Airport, New South Wales. The flight was a scheduled passenger service from Sydney to Darwin, Northern Territory. While the aircraft was climbing to cruise level, a cabin crew member reported hearing a ‘squeak’ during rotation. Suspecting … Read more