Fiji Airways is boosting capacity to San Francisco in response to demand. The airline launched nonstop flights between Nadi and San Francisco in June 2016, initially as a twice-weekly seasonal service with Airbus A330 equipment that operated in the months of June, July, August, December 2016 and January 2017. It will now serve San Francisco
Singapore Airlines (SIA) says the Airbus A350-900 will be a permanent presence on the Melbourne-Singapore route from May 2017. The Star Alliance member has scheduled the aircraft for the daily SQ208/SQ207 rotation on a year-round basis from May 11. SIA began flying the next generation Airbus widebody to Melbourne in August 2016 on a seasonal basis.
Air Niugini has commenced nonstop service between Townsville and Port Moresby. Flight PX60, operated by Boeing 737-800 P2-PXC, touched down at Townsville a little after 1130 local time on Monday, after a 90-minute journey from the Papua New Guinea capital. The aircraft, which was greeted by a celebratory dance on the tarmac, was on the
Travellers from Brisbane have a new option to Indonesia and Malaysia following the arrival of Malindo Air to the Queensland capital. The Malaysia-based airline, which is a joint-venture between Malaysia’s National Aerospace and Defense Industry (NADI) and Indonesia’s Lion Group, has commenced daily flights to Brisbane. The inaugural service, OD157 operated by Boeing 737-800 9M-LNQ,
Passengers travelling on nonstop flights from Abu Dhabi, Doha and Dubai to Australia will be subject to extra security measures that the government says have been brought in in response to national security advice. The measures include explosive trace detection screening, similar to what is in place at airports in Australia for domestic flights. There
After almost 32 years in service, Air New Zealand will operate the Boeing 767 fleet for the last time on Friday. The final flight for the sole remaining 767-300ER in the fleet ZK-NCI is scheduled to depart Sydney as NZ108 at 1855 and touch down in Auckland 2359 local time. The Star Alliance member has
