Jake Nelson

The carrier will begin year-round flights starting 3 November, initially three times per week but moving to more frequent flights on larger aircraft according to demand. This will be the first time any airline has flown between the two holiday destinations since before the pandemic.

In its Australian Aviation Network Overview report for July 2025, Airservices Australia noted that the regional aviation industry “relies heavily on ageing aircraft, highlighting challenges in fleet modernisation”.

Speaking at the Australian Aviation Summit in one of his first major public appearances since leaving the Flying Kangaroo in 2023, Joyce said resilience in the aviation industry often requires making “unpopular” short-term decisions to ensure long-term survival.

The 41-year-old Victorian man is facing charges of creating a disturbance at an airport and obstructing, hindering, intimidating or resisting a Commonwealth official over the alleged incident in the T2 domestic terminal at around 6am on 13 August.

Speaking to ABC Radio in Coffs Harbour this week, Minister King said there have been several ideas floated to address the problem of high regional airfares, but “none of them are easy”.

The Flying Kangaroo will between June and October next year fly daily from Sydney to New York – up from five days per week – for the first time since COVID-19, with its A380s also making a return to Sydney-Dallas on Monday and its 787-9s to Brisbane-Los Angeles on Wednesday.