Jetstar has confirmed it is axing flights between Brisbane and Hamilton Island from October 20. “Unfortunately, the route (which is one of the shortest on our network) has dropped in performance during the past 12 months,” a Jetstar spokesperson confirmed in a June 20 statement. “This comes at a time where we are seeing costs
Virgin Australia has announced it will expand its carbon offset program by launching a new partnership with the Tasmanian Land Conservancy. Established in 2001, the Tasmanian Land Conservancy is a science–based, not-for-profit environmental organisation which actively manages over 30,000 hectares of land annually for nature conservation, providing a safe haven for a host of rare
Queen Elizabeth has formally opened the newly refurbished Terminal 2 at London Heathrow Airport. The terminal re-commenced operations on June 4, and will become the home of the Star Alliance group of 23 airlines. It has been dubbed ‘Terminal 2: the Queen’s Terminal’ in recognition of her opening it. So far United Airlines, Air Canada, Air
Qantas is offering a complimentary one-night stopover for passengers flying between its Asian ports and Santiago in Chile on its services. The ‘Sydney Connect’ service will allow passengers flying to or from Santiago to connect to the Asian ports of Singapore, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Manila, Shanghai and Jakarta via Sydney on Qantas and enjoy a one
Qantas will cancel some daily services to Auckland from Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide as part of a revised schedule that will see a reduction of 16 Qantas mainline services on the route during the low season, with Jetstar picking up seven of them. Qantas mainline will reduce its services from 98 weekly return services during
Fiji Airways has announced new economy and business class menu offerings, and a rollout of additional passenger cabin enhancements. The airline announced the new catering concepts as part of a wider suite of changes which include new inflight entertainment, inflight duty free and inflight magazine, to be rolled out in stages. “As we continue to
