Jake Nelson

Hundreds of workers in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide called on Swissport to lift standards after union “safety blitzes” this month reportedly revealed issues with damaged equipment, unsafe staffing levels, heat injuries, and “intrusive worker surveillance”.

Flight JQ88 to Denpasar took off shortly after 10:15am on Tuesday aboard the A321neo LR VH-OYW, with all four of Newcastle’s weekly Bali services now continuing on to Changi Airport. Jetstar has increased from three to four Newcastle-Bali flights per week after launching the route last year.

In its latest Domestic Airline Competition report, the consumer watchdog has noted “significant disruption to international air travel to Europe in particular” from the Iran war, and says it is “closely monitoring” Australia’s airline industry as the situation unfolds.

The inaugural JQ49 service to Denpasar took off from Avalon at 6:30pm on 23 March aboard A321neo LR VH-OFS, with five flights to operate per week. It comes ahead of the return of direct Avalon-Adelaide services on Thursday, as well as an expansion of Avalon-Brisbane capacity.

A new temporary “Zone T” area will provide extra capacity during peak periods as ongoing construction proceeds to unify domestic and international flights in a single terminal, which will reduce available floor space in check-in areas.

The Flying Kangaroo saw 82 per cent of flights arrive on time and 83.9 per cent depart on time, compared to 79.7 per cent on-time arrivals and 81.6 per cent on-time departures for Virgin; however, only 1.4 per cent of VA services were cancelled, compared to 2.8 per cent of QF flights.