Jetstar will base additional aircraft in Melbourne and the Gold Coast as it ramps up domestic service over the coming months. By April, the budget carrier says it plans to offer 12,000 extra seats a week to and from Melbourne. That includes four additional weekly return services to Cairns (for a total of 25); three
Virgin Australia has announced the schedule and fares for its new Sydney-Darwin service, with one way tickets starting at $219. The daily service, commencing from April 2, will depart Sydney at 9:40 am and arrive in Darwin at 1:50 pm. Return service will depart at 2:40 pm and arrive at 7:25 pm. The service is
Fair Work Australia has approved a deal between Qantas and its engineers’ union that will give workers a three per cent pay rise for the next three years. The agreement, reached last month after a damaging labour dispute, also allows Qantas to introduce extended hours rosters more easily and gives workers near the end of
QantasLink has unveiled a Dash 8 Q400 featuring a special livery to promote the 40th anniversary of the Tamworth Country Music Festival. The Q400, VH-QOI, features a large golden guitar and the music festival’s 40th anniversary logo, and was revealed at a launch event in Sydney yesterday. Tamworth is the birthplace of QantasLink predecessor Eastern
ATSB investigators have finished collecting data on the November 2010 explosion of a Qantas A380 engine and have moved on to analysis and writing a draft report on the incident. Findings from the report are not likely to be released to the public until the second half of the year following a 60 day consultation
Virgin Australia has launched business class service on most domestic routes as it seeks to lure corporate travelers away from Qantas. The airline’s upscale cabins went into service yesterday, with business class fares starting at $429 one way and $529 from Sydney to Melbourne. An economy saver fare between Australia’s two largest cities starts at
