QantasLink will increase its services in regional Queensland, announcing plans to base two newly acquired Boeing 717s in Brisbane from early 2012, and adding Townsville-Moranbah services to its network. Qantas’s regional arm has yet to annouce on what services the 115-seat 717s will operate in Queensland, but the new Townsville to Moranbah service will operate
The Transport Workers Union (TWU) has called fresh industrial action against Qantas for this Friday, with 3800 baggage handlers, ground staff and other employees to go on strike for one hour, with negotiations over a new enterprise bargaining agreement stalled. A further 50 TWU delegates will also hold a two hour stop work meeting on
Jetstar is to add a twice weekly Sydney-Queenstown service to its network from December 23, plus increace the frequency of its existing Melbourne-Queenstown flights from two to three times weekly. Flight JQ223 will depart Sydney for Queenstown on Mondays and Fridays at 0950, while the return JQ224 flight will depart Queenstown for Sydney also at
Tiger Airways Australia has announced extra daily return services for its Melbourne to Brisbane and Melbourne to Gold Coast routes, with the airline to operate twice daily return services between Melbourne and the Gold Coast and three times daily Melbourne-Brisbane services from September 22. “The airline is implementing its flight program as planned, focusing on
Lessor Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) has announced the acquisition of former MacAir ATR 42-500 VH-UYJ, joining the company’s existing fleet of 160 turboprops and regional jets worldwide. Now registered OY-EDL, the ATR 42, s/n 571, departed Cairns last weekend bound for NAC’s Billund, Denmark, base. The aircraft had been parked at Cairns since MacAir’s collapse
Virgin Australia and Delta Airlines will begin codersharing on each other’s trans Pacific services between Los Angeles and the east coast of Australia from November 16. Delta will add its code to Virgin Australia long haul subsidiary V Australia’s flights between Los Angeles and Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, while V Australia will add its code
