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VH-OQC “Paul McGinness”, which was mothballed in 2020 along with the rest of Qantas’ A380 fleet during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, touched down in Sydney at 8:30am on Friday, having been in Abu Dhabi undergoing maintenance and refurbishments since 2021.
Flight DL11 from LAX touched down at 7:30am on Friday aboard N527DN, the first A350-900 operated non-stop by a major American airline to Melbourne. Flights will operate three times per week on the 275-seater A350 fleet.
Starting in March, the low-cost carrier’s Dunedin and Hamilton services from the Gold Coast will each go from three to four flights per week, with each seeing load factors of more than 90 per cent on many flights.
While Qantas’ regional arm will retain its separate AOC structures and accountabilities, the airline will now be reporting to Svensson instead of former CEO Rachel Yangoyan, who has moved to the newly-created role of chief technology, AI and transformation officer effective immediately.
The inaugural JQ101 service took off from Brisbane on Wednesday aboard A321neo LR VH-OYW, with three return flights to operate every week, increasing to four between the end of January and the end of March. It follows the launch of Perth–Manila flights at the end of November.
The inaugural flight JQ489 took off from Newcastle just before 4pm on Tuesday aboard Jetstar’s A320-200 VH-VFX, touching down in Hobart around two hours later. Flights will operate three times per week until 21 April 2026, for a total of around 22,000 seats.
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