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Speaking exclusively to Australian Aviation, chief executive Gytis Gumuliauskas confirmed that all of Skytrans’ operations including regular passenger transport will be rebranded, and that there will be no new SmartLynx Australia livery on its aircraft, with white paint to be applied during regular maintenance.
Starting in May 2026, Jetstar will fly three times per week return from Brisbane to Rarotonga using its A321neo LR fleet. This is the sixth new international route Jetstar has announced from Queensland in the past six months, and the carrier is the state’s largest international airline.
The airline, which launched in 2023, wants to see more regulation on the Broome–Kununurra–Darwin route as it prepares to halt services on 1 September. Nexus cited aggressive competition from rival Airnorth for its decision, and said the route has become “financially unsustainable”.
Speaking to The Australian Financial Review, the airline’s CEO Bill Astling said Koala, which earlier this year fended off a winding-up application by apparent creditor Wealth Creation, is trying to fly under the radar but has backers who “understand aviation”.
Sydney in April was the first Australian city and second destination outside of Hong Kong to see the new cabin product, with Melbourne now also being served by the refurbished aircraft on daily CX104 and CX105 services as of 3 August.
The flights, operating three times per week on A320neo aircraft, commenced on Friday evening and will add more than 58,000 seats on the route per year. It comes as the carrier stations two A320neos on the Gold Coast, bringing the local fleet to six of the aircraft type.
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