Qantas has announced the “first phase” of changes to its international operations, which will see it further develop a long haul hub strategy based around 14 A380s and nine upgraded 747-400s and some consolidation of the international network, launch a new premium airline in an as yet undecided Asian hub to operate intra-Asian flights and
Tiger Airways Australia will re-launch the its Melbourne to Brisbane services on Thursday, as the airline rolls out its revised flight schedule after being handed back its AOC last week. The new flights, which went on sale today, follows the commencement of three daily return services between Melbourne and Sydney last Friday, which Tiger is
Virgin Australia has announced fares and scheduling for its planned ATR 72 services later this year, hours after the airline launched its ‘Capital Connect’ service between Canberra and Sydney earlier today. Subject to regulatory approval, Virgin’s ATR services – which will be operated by Skywest – will initial operate on the following routes: This content
Virgin Australia has relaunched its Canberra-Sydney flight schedule under the new ‘Capital Connect’ branding, as the airline plans to introduce its incoming ATR 72s to the route later this year. Virgin plans to operate up to 10 daily Canberra-Sydney return services by October (up from the current eight). In a first for Virgin Australia, all
Strategic Airlines is to relaunch itself in October as a low cost airline under the name Air Australia, The Australian reports, and launch services from Melbourne and Brisbane to Honolulu. According to the report, Strategic will also operate a domestic trunk route for the first time when it launches Brisbane-Melbourne flights in December, the same
Tiger Airways Australia resumed flying today, operating three return flights between Melbourne and Sydney. Flight TT558 was Tiger’s first since its July 1 grounding by CASA, departing Melbourne for Sydney around midday with a host of invited dignitaries and Tiger CEO Tony Davis onboard. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become