Qantas plans to offer 10 flights a week between Brisbane and Los Angeles from September 1 as its fleet of Boeing 787-9s joins the 747-400s currently operating the route. Under the new schedule, the 787-9 will replace the 747-400 on the daily QF15/16 Brisbane-Los Angeles service. The aircraft will then operate a Los Angeles-New York
Philippine Airlines (PAL) will offer nonstop flights to Brisbane from its Manila hub from late March with Airbus A340-300s. The new three times weekly service begins on March 27 2018 and replaces the current one-stop option via Darwin with Airbus A320 narrowbodies. It will increase to four flights a week from May 1 2018, PAL
Canberra will have daily flights to Singapore but lose nonstop services to Wellington from the start of May as Singapore Airlines (SIA) adjusts its schedule to the national capital. The changes come 16 months after SIA commenced flying a Singapore-Canberra-Wellington rotation four times a week in September 2016, which it termed the “Capital Express” route,
Regional carrier FlyPelican has launched a new Newcastle-Adelaide nonstop service to begin from March 26 2018. The three times a week offering will be operated by Alliance Airlines on behalf of FlyPelican with 80-seat Fokker 70s or 100-seat Fokker 100s, the company said on Monday. Newcastle Airport chief executive Peter Cock said the new two-hour
United has added a third long-haul route from Sydney with the start of nonstop flights to Houston with Boeing 787-9s. The inaugural flight UA101, operated by Boeing 787-9 N35953, touched down at Sydney Airport a little after 0630 on Saturday, following its 17-hour journey from Houston. The aircraft was on the ground for about six
Brisbane Airport has named a senior executive from New York’s John F Kennedy Airport as its new chief executive. Gert-Jan De Graaff will take over from Julieanne Alroe as Brisbane Airport chief executive from the end of June, the company said in a statement on Wednesday. Since 2014, De Graaff has been president and chief
