Jetstar has re-introduced nonstop services between Melbourne and Honolulu, and has increased the frequency of its nonstop services to Bali from Melbourne and Sydney to daily. An additional 19,000 seats a month have been added by the new services, which began on December 15. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become
Tiger Airways’ CEO Andrew David has reportedly accepted a newly-created role at Jetstar as CEO of the airline’s long-haul business. A former Virgin Blue and Air New Zealand executive, David occupied the top role at Tiger for a little more than 12 months. During that time he played the lead role to right-shape the airline
Jetstar has introduced Osaka as its fourth international destination served from Darwin. Inaugurated on November 1, the service will initially be operated three times a week and will extend to four return flights a week from December as an extension of the existing Darwin-Singapore operation. Japan is the Northern Territory’s largest trading partner and the
Jetstar carried its 100 millionth passenger on October 31, marking a significant milestone in the airline’s eight and half years of flying. In doing so, Jetstar becomes one of the fastest growing airline brands in the world, now carrying approximately 20 million passengers a year to 60 destinations in 16 countries with a fleet of
The first of six new Airbus A320s has been delivered to Jetstar Asia marking the start of the airline’s fleet renewal program, which by February 2013 will give it one of the youngest fleets in Asia . Five of the six new aircraft will replace older A320s and will bring the fleet size to 17
Jetstar will add a ninth A320 aircraft to its New Zealand fleet as it boosts domestic and trans-Tasman capacity. The Qantas subsidiary said it will add up to 20 additional weekly flight between Wellington and Auckland and up to seven extra flights from Christchurch to Wellington and Auckland. An extra weekly flight from Queenstown to