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Qantas says redeploying two Boeing 717s from its intrastate WA network will be offset by increasing the utilisation of its Perth-based Fokker 100 fleet. Two QantasLink 717s currently operating in Western Australia will be refitted from 125-seat all-economy class configurations to two-class 110-seat (12 business and 98 economy) interiors, Qantas says, as the airline continues

Jetstar has announced it will begin three times weekly direct flights between Adelaide and Hobart from November 14. The first direct flights between the two cities since Tiger Airways pulled off the route in August 2010, the new services will be operated by 180-seat Airbus A320s on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation

Final assembly of the first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner for Qantas is about to begin after the aircraft’s major components arrived at Boeing’s Everett facility last week. Qantas currently has eight 787-9s on order (11 787-8s are already in service with subsidiary Jetstar), with the first aircraft planned for delivery in mid-October. This content is available exclusively

Air New Zealand has announced a second increase in capacity to a North American destination within two days, this time revealing plans to add almost 60,000 additional seats between Auckland and Honolulu from April to October next year. After announcing plans to increase capacity to Vancouver, Air New Zealand has followed that up with plans to operate