Australian Aviation

Etihad Airways has announced it will operate three Abu Dhabi-Bangkok-Sydney return services to help clear the passenger backlog on the route resulting from the Qantas dispute, if government regulatory approval is granted. The airline said the services will operate on November 1, 2 and 3. Announcing the additional services before Qantas announced its return to

Virgin Australia says it will add an additional 3000 seats on services between Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra and Mackay on October 31. The extra seats are in addition to ramped up services announced last week. Virgin also said it was working with Etihad to operate a 300-seat A340-600 on return services between Sydney

Brisbane-based Strategic Airlines has announced it will put on additional relief flights between Brisbane and Perth on October 30, and Brisbane and Melbourne on October 31 to try to assist passengers stranded by the Qantas mainline grounding. An A320 departed Perth at 1.15pm local time this afternoon and is expected in Brisbane at 7.45pm local

Qantas group discount carrier Jetstar has said it is business as usual for the airline, and that it will offer dicounted fares to stranded Qantas passengers. Jetstar said it would offer an additional Sydney to Melbourne service today (October 30) and that more opportunities for additional services are being explored.  This content is available exclusively to

Airbus Military says its A400M airlifter has completed water ingestion trials that saw the aircraft successfully demonstrate its ability to operate on wet runways and taxiways without ingesting water into its engines. “During the tests at Istres, France the aircraft travelled through troughs containing 2-6cm of water at speeds up to 90kt in takeoff and

Fiji’s Air Pacific and American Airlines have announced a codeshare agreement, pending US government approval of the deal. The arrangement will see American codeshare on Air Pacific’s Los Angeles-Nadi, Honolulu-Nadi, and Nadi-Suva services, while Air Pacific will place its code on services to nearly 20 US destinations from American’s Los Angeles hub. This content is