Air Mauritius has become the first airline to fly the Airbus A330-900 to Australia with the inaugural service touching down in Perth on July 24 2019.
Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce says the first year of Boeing 787-9 Perth-London nonstop flights has proven the concept of a Western hub.
This week's Throwback Thursday feature is Gerard Frawley's story on the historic day almost a year ago Qantas started nonstop Perth-London Heathrow flights.
Emirates is dropping Sydney-Bangkok-Dubai flights and reducing Perth-Dubai to daily from 11 flights a week due to changes in "market dynamics".
Virgin Australia is boosting its network from the Gold Coast with a new seasonal flight to Perth and extra frequencies to existing destinations.
Virgin Australia will provide the only nonstop link between Western Australia and Tasmania from September when it commences Perth-Hobart flights. The three times weekly service with Boeing 737-800s will start on September 17 2018 and run on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. LoginBecome a MemberTo continue reading