Speaking to Australian Aviation at WSI on Sunday, CEO Stephanie Tully said both Western Sydney and Bali are important markets to Jetstar, and that the airline would expect strong demand. It comes as the new airport has finally opened to passengers, with two Jetstar flights taking off on Sunday.
The NSW Supreme Court ruled in June that ASIC had failed to prove its case against John Sharp, Siddharth Khotkar, and Lincoln Pan over a market update in February 2023 saying Rex was “optimistic” about a full-year profit, though former executive director Lim Kim Hai was fined and disqualified.
Last month, 83.2 per cent of Qantas and QantasLink services departed on time and 82.5 per cent arrived on time, with 1.4 per cent cancelled, compared to 74.3 per cent on-time departures, 74.2 per cent on-time arrivals, and 1.6 per cent cancellations at Virgin Australia and VARA.
Transport Workers’ Union members with Qantas Ground Services at Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth airports, who serve Qantas Freight operations and some QantasLink operations in Sydney, will walk off the job for 24 hours on Wednesday.
Featuring up to 230 seats, the MAX 10 is the largest aircraft in the 737 MAX family, joining the MAX 7 – which was certified earlier this year – as well as the MAX 8 and MAX 9. The announcement will be welcome news for Virgin Australia, which is expecting its first MAX 10 to arrive next year.
From 15 December 2027, the Gulf carrier will operate three 777-300ER flights per week between WSI and Doha, expanding to daily flights by the end of 2028. Flights will arrive into WSI at 11:45pm, departing for Doha at 4:10pm the following day.