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The airline, which already has subsidiaries in Thailand and Kazakhstan, has reportedly requested an air operator certificate and permission to operate locally with 10 Boeing 737 aircraft from the Civil Aviation Safety Authority, according to media reports in The Australian Financial Review.
The Flying Kangaroo will indefinitely suspend the Alice Springs-Melbourne route, which currently operates four times per week using the A220-300 fleet, with some flights operating less than half full. Darwin-Singapore will also move to services during peak periods only.
In a letter to Transport Minister Catherine King, the Board of Airline Representatives of Australia, alongside the International Air Transport Association, and Airlines for Australia and New Zealand, expressed concerns about the $10 increase flagged in this year’s budget.
Sunshine Coast to Auckland and Cairns to Christchurch will be put on ice indefinitely from 24 October, as the routes are no longer commercially viable and operating costs have increased. The low-cost carrier will, however, resume Sydney–Christchurch from 26 October.
VH-8QE has arrived in Australia and will join the FIFO carrier’s base in Perth, with an expected start to commercial operations on 29 June.
Up to six weekly flights will resume from Essendon to King Island between October 2026 and the end of April 2027, with the airline also securing an Australia Post contract to provide mail services to and from the island for the next five years.
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