Category: Airlines

Australia’s first international passenger flight left Brisbane for Singapore on 17 April 1935 on a DH86 aircraft, carrying only two passengers on the three-and-a-half-day journey. According to Qantas, more than 273 million customers have since flown ac…

Virgin’s regional arm, which primarily operates in Western Australia, did not cancel any of its 194 flights last month, compared to 5.5 per cent cancellations for Virgin mainline services and 5.4 per cent for the group as a whole in a month heavily imp…

The carrier will add a third daily Kuala Lumpur service for each airport starting in August, with Sydney to be served by A330-300s and Melbourne to be progressively served by A330neos. It comes ahead of the beginning of an “open skies” agreement with M…

The non-stop Malaysia Airlines flights will operate using an A330-300 and add 75,000 annual seats between Brisbane and Kuala Lumpur. According to Brisbane Airport, the service will generate $54 million for the local economy in its first year and offer …

Operating three times per week from 1 August, the service will use two of Jetstar’s new A320neo aircraft stationed at Gold Coast Airport, adding more than 58,000 low-fare seats per year.

ZK-NZH was the first 787-9 Dreamliner in the world to undergo a full nose-to-tail refit, said Air New Zealand, with an entirely new cabin interior installed, including redesigned economy and premium economy seats and an updated business cabin with the …