Category: Jetstar

Jetstar has announced plans to increase its focus on South Australia and reorganise its operations in the Northern Territory. The airline intends to base four Airbus A320 aircraft in Adelaide from the end of March, and will establish a new cabin crew and pilot base in the city. This content is available exclusively to Australian

Jetstar has flagged cutting operations to Avalon Airport, saying that flights to the Melbourne secondary airport have been “underperforming for some time”. “We are continuing to monitor the services of our Avalon routes and are yet to make a decision on the future of those services,” the airline said in a statement issued Thursday morning.

CASA has granted Jetstar approval to add the 787 to its AOC, clearing the aircraft to begin passenger services with the airline. The approval follows training two CASA flying operations inspectors and two airworthiness inspectors on the 787, a review of safety issues related to the introduction into service of the new type, a demonstration

Qantas says “weaker market demand” resulted in Qantas domestic passenger numbers falling by 2.9 per cent in September compared to September 2012, in contrast to competitor Virgin Australia, which saw 2.2 per cent growth in domestic traffic for the month. Qantas Group’s overall passenger numbers were down 0.1 per cent on September 2012, with Qantas