Category: Airports

Flight DL93 arrived in Brisbane from Los Angeles at 7:18am on Friday aboard N522DZ, an A350-900 painted in Delta’s 2028 Olympic Games livery. The service, announced in February, will operate three times per week and is anticipated to deliver more than 271,000 seats over three years.

The airport will see a number of new international routes commence in coming months, including a seasonal Cathay Pacific service to Hong Kong on 17 December, a Jetstar route to Christchurch, and a Fiji Airways route to Nadi, both starting in April.

The legislation, approved by the Senate on Thursday after passing the House last week, introduces steeper penalties for airlines that “misuse” takeoff slots, compels carriers to increase transparency about their slot use, and creates a “recovery period” after significant disruptions.

The independent audit of domestic slots found that airlines are not scheduling more flights than they can service with their existing fleets, and that slot usage in Sydney has dramatically improved since the pandemic, with non-utilisation going from 17.8 per cent in 2022 to 8.1 per cent this year.