Air New Zealand looks set to receive some new competition on regional routes with Jetstar announcing plans to launch turboprop operations from December. The Qantas-owned low-cost carrier said on Thursday it would introduce five 50-seat Bombardier Q300s to connect yet-to-be determined regional NZ centres to its current domestic NZ network of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Queenstown
Jetstar has launched the first of two new routes from Melbourne’s Avalon Airport as part of its recently signed contract with the Victorian government and airport owner Linfox, with flights to the Gold Coast due to start in October. The Qantas-owned low-cost carrier says it will offer a daily service between Avalon and the Gold Coast
Air New Zealand has increased its order of ATR 72-600 turboprops to 14, announcing at the Paris Airshow it had converted an option into a firm order. The announcement was made at the delivery ceremony of its latest ATR 72-600, which was expected to enter service in July and join six other ATR 72-600s and
Air New Zealand will sell premium economy on its flights to Australia, Bali and the Pacific Islands from October. Although the airline does currently use widebodied aircraft featuring the premium economy cabin to the above destinations, the seats were not sold as premium economy, as Air New Zealand said the mix of aircraft flying these routes made
Charter and fly-in, fly-out airline Cobham Aviation Services will operate larger 99-seat BAe 146-300 aircraft to Minara Resources’ Murin Murin site as part of a five-year contract extension. Cobham said in a statement the new contract began in May and covered eight return flights a week from Perth to Murin Murin, located in Western Australia’s north
China Eastern has flagged launching second daily Sydney-Shanghai and Melbourne-Shanghai services if its proposed partnership with Qantas secures regulatory approval. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is currently considering an application from Qantas and China Eastern for a partnership covering flights between Australia and China. The competition regulator has indicated in a draft determination it
