iscoverHawaiian Airlines enters its second decade of service to Australia with plans to boost existing services Down Under and fend off increased competition with Qantas’ offshoot Jetstar. From a single route to Sydney 10 years ago, Honolulu-based Hawaiian Airlines now boasts flights to not only the NSW capital but also Brisbane and Auckland. Brisbane launched in
Qantas this week is celebrating the 60th anniversary of its commencement of first trans-Pacific services between Australia and the USA. The first service – on May 15 1954 – was operated by a Lockheed Super Constellation which flew from Sydney to San Francisco via Fiji, Canton Island and Hawaii, before proceeding on to Vancouver. The
China Southern has scheduled the return of the Airbus A380 services to Sydney over the coming summer months. According to updated schedules loaded into travel booking systems, the will A380 operate the overnight flight from Guangzhou before turning around for a daytime departure out of Sydney. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members.
Airlines added an extra 2.8 million seats into and out of Australia in 2013. However, the market was unable to absorb the 7.1 per cent increase in available seats to 42.1 million, with the number of passengers carried last year up 5.9 per cent to 31.3 million. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation
Airfares for the cheapest economy tickets fell to their lowest levels in more than three years in May. The Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics’ monthly measure of domestic airfares index for “best discount” tickets fares fell sharply to 49.8 points in May, from 65.5 points in April. This content is available exclusively to Australian
United Airlines has announced it will increase the frequency of its forthcoming direct Melbourne-Los Angeles Boeing 787-9 flights to daily from March 12 next year. In February the US carrier announced that it would operate new non-stop MEL-LAX flights six days a week from October 28 using the 787-9. Currently, United operates a daily to Melbourne from
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