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QantasLink will bring airline competition to the Adelaide-Whyalla route from April 2015. The regional carrier will fly 13 times a week between the South Australian capital and Whyalla, a coastal city located north west of Adelaide, using 50-seat Q300 aircraft. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the

Australian spending on leisure-related travel has not recovered since the federal budget was handed down in May, a leading travel agent group says. Flight Centre says trading conditions in Australia over the first five months of 2014/15 have been challenging, given the lack of uptick in leisure travel spending. This content is available exclusively to

Business jet manufacturer Dassault Aviation has presented its ultra long-range Falcon 8X to the world at an unveiling ceremony in Bordeaux, France. The Falcon 8X, which was designed to enable non-stop flights such as Sydney-Mumbai, Hong Kong-London or Beijing-Los Angeles, was unveiled to media, operators and industry figures on Wednesday (French time) at the company’s Bordeaux-Merignac

Adelaide-based regional operator Air South has boosted its passenger fleet with the acquisition of two 30-seat Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia aircraft. The charter and fly-in/fly-out specialist has taken delivery of the first Brasilia (VH-YEG), with the second due to arrive in early 2015. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member

Jetstar is bringing back non-stop service between the Gold Coast and Perth, and introducing new international routes to Indonesia and New Zealand from March 2015 through improved fleet utilisation. The Qantas-owned low-cost carrier said it will be the first airline to offer direct flights between Cairns and Bali when its three-times-a-week flights begin on March 31

Mystery surrounds the eventual retirement home of Qantas Boeing 747-400 VH-OJA, with the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) describing social media reports that it will take the aircraft as “rumour mongering”. HARS president Bob De La Hunty says the “rumours” on social media are “all over the place”. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members.