The ninth Jetstar A321neo, VH-OFY, was delivered to Jetstar’s Melbourne base on 24 July, and has since operated domestic flights as well as services to Denpasar. Nine more are slated to arrive by the end of next year, with a further five, plus 15 A321neo XLRs, to enter the Jetstar fleet by the end of 2029.
HWL Ebsworth, one of Australia's largest commercial law firms, had 3.6 terabytes of data stolen earlier this year. Rex’s daily operations remain unaffected, and the carrier currently believes passenger details have not been affected.
The surprise announcement will also see the new airline initially ‘wet lease’ aircraft, meaning another airline will operate the services under the Bonza brand.
In a significant intervention, the airline’s domestic CEO accused Sydney Airport of “demonising” its “biggest customer” as it responded to claims it’s hoarding the most lucrative take-off slots to block out smaller rivals.
Flight QG556 landed in Perth at 12:11am on Sunday, on board the Airbus A320neo aircraft PK-GTI. It took off for Jakarta at 1:44am as QG557, landing in the Indonesian capital at 5am local time.
The aircraft, VH-8KH, departed Singapore on 27 July at 5:07 pm as flight ZL9967 and landed in Brisbane the next day, via a stop in Darwin.