Category: Qantas

Australia’s International Air Services Commission (IASC) says it plans to knock back Qantas’s request to expand its codeshare agreement with Air Niugini on Australia-Papua New Guinea (PNG) routes. In February, Qantas sought to continue existing arrangements where the two carriers codeshare on the Sydney-Port Moresby route (operated by Air Niugini) and the Brisbane-Port Moresby route

Qantas plans to add extra services to Japan and the Philippines while scaling back its presence in Beijing and Dallas/Fort Worth as part of changes to its international network. The airline announced on Tuesday it would increase its Sydney-Osaka Kansai schedule to four flights a week from December 7, compared with three times a week

Virgin Australia plans to launch two new trans-Tasman routes and add extra flights into and out of Auckland once its alliance with Air New Zealand ends in October. The two new routes are Sydney-Wellington – currently served only by Air New Zealand and Qantas – and Melbourne-Queenstown, which has nonstop service from Air New Zealand and Jetstar.

Air services provider dnata has agreed to purchase Qantas’s catering businesses for an undisclosed sum. The transaction, announced on Wednesday, involved Qantas selling its Q Catering (based in Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney) and frozen food maker Snap Fresh (based at Logan City in Queensland) to the Emirates Group-subsidiary dnata. This content is available exclusively