Category: Airlines

LAN Airlines resumed daily flights between Sydney and Santiago on November 17, having cut services during the GFC. The flights are operated by 260 seat, two-class Airbus A340-300s, via Auckland. Want to see more stories from trusted news sources? Make Australian Aviation a preferred news source on Google. Click here to add Australian Aviation as

Jetstar’s new Darwin-Manila flights will operate thrice weekly from February 9, the airline has announced. The flights, still subject to regulatory approval, will depart Darwin at 1900 on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays as JQ75, returning the same evening and landing the following morning as JQ76. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login

Virgin Blue was Australia’s most on time domestic airline in October, the first month in 2010 for which it has been able to claim that honour from Qantas. Virgin Blue achieved an on time departure rate of 85.8 per cent in October, up from 79.1 per cent in September, while the percentage of Qantas’s flights

Perth based Skywest has announced an expansion to its codeshare agreement with Virgin Blue. The agreement will see Skywest operate Virgin Blue flight numbers between Perth and Albany, Esperance, Geraldton, Exmouth, Monkey Mia and Carnarvon to add to services it already operates to the Pilbara and Kalgoorlie. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation