Category: Airlines

From October, the Chilean carrier will axe the Sydney-Auckland fifth-freedom leg of its Sydney-Santiago service, leaving the non-stop Sydney-Santiago and Auckland-Santiago services in place. The frequency of Auckland-Santiago flights will also drop to …

The inaugural flight VA21 left for Doha just after 3:45pm Perth time on Thursday aboard the wet-leased Qatar Airways 777-300ER A7-BEL. The launch follows Sydney and Brisbane earlier this month, with Melbourne flights to commence in December.

The low-cost carrier is competing with Jetstar on the Adelaide-Bali route, operating four return services per week on 180-seat A320-200s and adding around 74,000 seats per year. The first flight, QZ420, arrived in Adelaide just before 6:20am on Thursda…