Jetstar will begin flights to Canberra for the first time, with a 5x weekly Brisbane-Canberra service launching on 2 September 2021. The Jetstar A320 services between Brisbane and the nation’s capital will run every day except Tuesdays and Wednesdays, with the following schedule (flights arrive/depart Canberra one hour later during daylight savings): “We’re excited to … Continued
Qantas has cancelled dozens of trans-Tasman flights scheduled to operate over the next three months, including almost all Gold Coast-Auckland flights until July, due to a lack of demand. Thousands of Qantas customers with upcoming bookings, including many AFF members, have received flight change notifications in recent days. Some flights have been cancelled, while others … Continued
If you miss flying on Qantas’ long-haul Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, there’s some good news for you. Qantas has started running its Boeing 787s on up to nine return Sydney-Perth flights per week, and frequent flyers may even be able to upgrade from Economy to a Premium Economy seat for free! If you’re flying between Sydney … Continued
Virgin Australia will add five new domestic routes and add more flights on 20 existing routes as demand increases across the domestic network. But the announcement came just a week after Virgin further delayed its planned restart of international flights. New Virgin Australia domestic routes From July 2021, Virgin Australia will add flights on the … Continued
With Rex sparking a price war on routes like Sydney-Melbourne and Melbourne-Canberra, Qantas offering discounted tickets for couples flying to Perth, and half-price flights available to many destinations, there’s never been a cheaper time to fly in Australia… depending on where you live! Airfares on some Australian domestic routes are now as low as ever, … Continued
Rex has announced that Melbourne-Canberra will be its next Boeing 737 route, with two daily flights between the two cities to commence on 10 June 2021. The route is already served with regular Qantas and Virgin Australia flights. But Rex believes there’s an opportunity to come into an overpriced Canberra-Melbourne market and undercut the fares … Continued
QantasLink will launch new flights from Melbourne to Burnie in north-west Tasmania from next month, as it also adds more frequencies on other regional routes. The Melbourne-Burnie route will be served daily by 50-seat QantasLink Q300s, commencing 21 June 2021. The schedule is as follows: QF2087 Melbourne (MEL) 08:05 – Burnie (BWT) 09:20 QF2088 Burnie … Continued
Qantas will add new direct flights from Adelaide to Gold Coast, and Darwin to Canberra, as it adds an extra five Embraer E190 jets to its fleet. This brings the total number of E190s leased by Qantas to eight. Qantas announced earlier this year it would wet lease Embraer E190 regional aircraft from Alliance Airlines … Continued
The trans-Tasman travel bubble between Australia and New Zealand is now well and truly open. In fact, thousands of Aussies have already flocked to the land of the long white cloud to take advantage of it! In this episode, your podcast host Matt Graham chats to Alan Lam from Netwave Travel (a.k.a. madrooster on the … Continued
Rex will compete head-to-head with Qantas on the Sydney-Canberra route from 19 April 2021, with the launch of Saab 340 flights. The regional airline also says it plans to open a new lounge at Canberra Airport later this year. Rex will initially serve the Sydney-Canberra route with seven daily return flights, using its Saab 340 … Continued
Jetstar is considering operating Boeing 787 Dreamliners on domestic routes as its Australian capacity returns to almost 100% of pre-covid levels – and even higher during peak periods. Jetstar is already back to running an average of 70-90% of pre-covid capacity on domestic flights within Australia this month, and expects to maintain this level of … Continued
Qantas has been awarded the federal government contract to operate regular flights from mainland Australia to Norfolk Island. Qantas will take over from Air New Zealand on the routes from Sydney and Brisbane to Norfolk Island for at least the next three months, and there is a possibility for the Qantas contract to be extended. … Continued
