Category: Airlines

The ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission) has granted formal approval for Qantas and American Airlines’ planned Joint Business Agreement (JBA), which will see the two airlines expand their codesharing and coordination of services between Australia/New Zealand and the US. “The ACCC does not consider that the JBA will have any anti-competitive effects, as Qantas

QantasLink will increase its services in regional Queensland, announcing plans to base two newly acquired Boeing 717s in Brisbane from early 2012, and adding Townsville-Moranbah services to its network. Qantas’s regional arm has yet to annouce on what services the 115-seat 717s will operate in Queensland, but the new Townsville to Moranbah service will operate

Jetstar is to add a twice weekly Sydney-Queenstown service to its network from December 23, plus increace the frequency of its existing Melbourne-Queenstown flights from two to three times weekly. Flight JQ223 will depart Sydney for Queenstown on Mondays and Fridays at 0950, while the return JQ224 flight will depart Queenstown for Sydney also at

Tiger Airways Australia has announced extra daily return services for its Melbourne to Brisbane and Melbourne to Gold Coast routes, with the airline to operate twice daily return services between Melbourne and the Gold Coast and three times daily Melbourne-Brisbane services from September 22. “The airline is implementing its flight program as planned, focusing on