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Jetstar hopes plastic can buoy its bottom line as it rolls out a pair of announcements aimed at the card carrying public. In what the budget carrier bills as a first for an Australian airline, Jetstar will offer a prepaid multicurrency Mastercard-branded travel card, which Jetstar says will offer frequent overseas travellers a more secure,

Jetstar Japan will fly to Osaka, Sapporo, Fukuoka and Okinawa from its Tokyo Narita base when the airline begins operations in July, the carrier announced on Wednesday. The initial schedule will make the airline the only LCC to fly domestically from the Japanese capital, Jetstar said. The carrier plans to commence flights on July 3,

Jetstar has launched a four-times weekly Darwin-Manila-Tokyo service as it increases international flights to and from the Northern Territory capital. The budget carrier will also increase weekly flights on its Darwin-Singapore route from seven to 10. The new services go into effect on March 25. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login

Jetstar Japan lodged its application for an Air Operators Certificate late last month in Tokyo, moving closer to a planned launch in late 2012. The budget carrier, a joint venture between Qantas, Japan Airlines and Mitsubishi, expects to fly domestic routes from Tokyo Narita and Osaka and is in talks with airports in Sapporo, Fukuoka