Strategic Airlines has announced new Brisbane-Gladstone flights, with a 20 weekly flight schedule to launch on April 18. Strategic will operate twice daily Airbus A320 return flights Monday to Friday. Flights will depart Brisbane Airport at 6:10am and 2:45pm before arriving in Gladstone at 7:15am and 3:50pm respectively, while Gladstone to Brisbane flights will depart
Jetstar has cancelled all of its current scheduled services to and from Darwin between today (February 16) and 0800 hours tomorrow morning (February 17) after Cyclone Carlos battered the coastline. With Darwin Airport closed until further notice, the airline continues to work closely with local authorities in an effort to find out the best time
Pre-empting the new competitive challenge from Virgin Blue’s forthcoming Airbus A330s, Qantas has announced it will deploy “internationally configured” widebody aircraft, including Boeing 747-400s, on its transcontinental services between Perth and Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, in the process adding more than 4300 seats a week. On the Sydney-Perth route two-class Skybed equipped 747-400s will operate
A new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Australia and Vietnam signed on February 11 increases by 3300 seats per week the capacity available to Australian and Vietnamese airlines to operate between the two countries. According to a statement from Minister for Transport and Infrastructure Anthony Albanese, the MOU will now enable airlines from both Australia
Cobham Aviation Services Australia has exercised an option to purchase two BAe 146s it has had on lease from BAE Systems. The aircraft, a BAe 146-100 and a -300, form part of Cobham’s fleet of 17 BAe 146s and Avro RJs that it uses on mining fly-in/fly-out operations and for Australian air Express freight flights
Qantas Freight Boeing 767-300F VH-EFR touched down in Sydney on February 12. Operated for Qantas Freight by Qantas subsidiary Express Freighters Australia, VH-EFR will be used for trans-Tasman services, replacing a wetleased ATI 767-200F. It is the first aircraft to wear dedicated Qantas Freight colours, as most of its freight capacity is provided by belly
