Year: 2023

From 1 May, nine routes served by Saab 340 turboprop aircraft in Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia and Queensland will see reduced services, with four more routes to have timings changed, and the Mildura-Adelaide service to be suspended altogether.

In total, Sydney notched up its strongest post-COVID performance yet with 3,166,000 domestic and international passengers – an 86.7 per cent recovery on March 2019.

The eight-year-old 737-800 (similar aircraft pictured), VH-XZL, departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) as flight QF769 to Perth at 9:52am on Sunday morning, 23 April, but returned to the airport about an hour into the journey after the crew reported the smell of fumes in the cockpit.

Post-COVID, Brisbane didn’t have a service to South Korea despite Sydney offering five carriers on the route, including Qantas and Jetstar.

Qantas has begun interviewing executives to replace long-standing CEO Alan Joyce, with a decision expected as early as the end of next month.

The deal between the Sunshine Coast and Coffs Harbour, by far its cheapest-ever, comes despite CEO Tim Jordan previously arguing his airline would avoid “stunt fares” of $29.