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Replacing older A330-300 aircraft, the A330neo expansion comes as Malaysia Airlines increases from five to six flights per week as of 16 August, with daily services beginning on 25 October. The carrier reintroduced its Brisbane route late last year.
A recovery flight, QF7064, operated by VH-OQL, landed in Sydney at 5pm on Thursday after the cancellation of flight QF64 on Monday 10 August, sparked by problems with the nosewheel on VH-OQB (pictured) that required further maintenance.
In a statement released to the ASX, the charter and FIFO operator said there will be a “staged reduction from 30 aircraft to 23 aircraft [in the agreement] over the course of FY27”, as well as a “meaningful increase in pricing” and a revised annual price escalation mechanism.
The Vietnamese low-cost carrier will launch two weekly A330 services from WSI to Ho Chi Minh City in January, increasing to three starting in March, with its Thai subsidiary to begin four weekly services to Bangkok starting in November next year.
Around 650 staff members at Qantas Ground Services, who serve mostly Qantas Freight and QantasLink operations, will vote on whether to take industrial action over what the union has called “Joyce-era tactics to relentlessly pursue short-term profits over worker and passenger standards”.
Starting 2 February 2027, the 7kg limit for cabin baggage will be removed, with passengers instead allowed a single underseat bag of up to 40 × 30 × 20cm, and larger carry-on bags in overhead bins – along with priority boarding – available for separate purchase.
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