Category: Qantas

Qantas plans to operate more domestic routes with its fleet of Boeing 717s in order to free up 737s for extra overseas flying. Two-class 717s featuring 12 business and 98 economy seats will be deployed on Adelaide-Brisbane, Brisbane-Townsville and Brisbane-Mt Isa routes, as well as a seasonal Melbourne-Maroochydore (Sunshine Coast) service during December and January,

Qantas has extended its partnership with Queensland’s peak tourism bodyfor a further three years in an agreement worth $9.78 million. Under the new deal, Qantas and Tourism and Events Queensland, would conduct joint marketing and promotion campaigns to attract more interstate and overseas visitors to the state. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation

QantasLink is dropping nonstop Melbourne-Coffs Harbour and Sydney-Hervey Bay flights from early August. The last Melbourne-Coffs Harbour flight, which is served once a week on Saturdays with Boeing 717 equipment, will be on August 6, with affected passengers booked to travel after that date transferred onto services via Sydney, Qantas said in a note to

Alliance Airlines has delivered the first of three aircraft due to be handed over to QantasLink between now and December. The first aircraft, a Fokker 100 registration VH-NHA, landed in Perth on Thursday July 7, having been ferried from Bratislava via Trabzon, Al Ain, Hyderabad and Jakarta. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation