Jake Nelson

The route, first launched in 2022, will operate twice weekly on Thursdays and Sundays from 23 January to the end of April, using 34-seater Saab 340B+ aircraft.

Starting in the upcoming northern summer season, commencing 30 March, the SQ254 service on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays will depart Darwin at 1:55am, arriving in Singapore at 5:10am local time, which the airline says will enable better connectivity.

The independent audit of domestic slots found that airlines are not scheduling more flights than they can service with their existing fleets, and that slot usage in Sydney has dramatically improved since the pandemic, with non-utilisation going from 17.8 per cent in 2022 to 8.1 per cent this year.

The low-cost carrier will operate three A320 flights per week from 2 July to 24 October 2025, for a total of more than 18,000 seats during the winter season.

The 2024 remuneration report from union Professional Engineers Australia comes as Australia’s aerospace sector continues to grapple with an engineering shortage, and follows strikes by Qantas engineers at major airports in recent months.

The airport has installed 600 LED lights along its 3.6km runway, replacing the old halogen lamps, with up to 20 lights at a time replaced during twice-weekly overnight runway maintenance closures.