Air New Zealand and Virgin Australia have announced their new-look joint trans-Tasman network, which will connect Air New Zealand’s domestic network of 26 ports to Virgin Australia’s domestic network of 31 domestic ports. Encompassing a broad codeshare arrangement covering all Tasman sectors and connecting domestic Australian and New Zealand sectors, a revenue share agreement and
Qantas launched its new four times weekly Sydney-Dallas/Fort Worth/Brisbane-Sydney service on May 16, with the inaugural QF7 departing Sydney around 1.35pm. With a scheduled flight time of 15 hours, 25 minutes between Sydney and DFW, and 16 hours between DFW and Brisbane on the return QF8 service, the flights are the longest in the Qantas
The Lockyer Valley Regional Council has approved plans for a new airport in southeast Queensland, with an eye towards attracting regional airline flights. To be developed by private consortium VNE Aviation, the new airport is being built near Queensland’s Lake Clarendon, situated between Ipswich and the Toowoomba and Darling Downs region. An initially planned 1250m
Jetstar has announced it will commence daily Auckland-Dunedin A320 services from July 14. Dunedin will become Jetstar’s fifth New Zealand destination, with flights to Auckland offering connections on Jetstar’s trans Tasman and daily Auckland-Singapore services. Qantas will also codeshare on the route. “Jetstar will grow the market between Dunedin and Auckland by 46 per cent,”
The Australian Licenced Aircraft Engineers Association (ALAEA) has called off plans for industrial action next week, in a move welcomed by Qantas after the cancellation of initial strikes by the union today (May 13). “We are pleased that Qantas customers can now travel with confidence,” Qantas Group executive government and corporate affairs, Olivia Wirth said.
The ALAEA (Australian Licenced Aircraft Engineers Association) has cancelled planned strike action for tomorrow morning, which would have seen Qantas cancel 31 flights affecting 2500 passengers and delay a further 46 flights. “A lot has been going on in the last 24 hours but we have been concerned that a number of QF planes have
