Category: Airlines

Flights commenced on Monday 25 March, with flight TL361 taking off from Perth at 8:30am and landing in Alice Springs at 12:30pm local time before returning to Perth that afternoon. The service, which uses Airnorth’s Embraer E170LR aircraft, will operat…

The service, announced last year, began on Tuesday and operates three times per week using Jetstar’s A320-200 fleet. It is one of only two regular passenger transport flights serving Busselton Margaret River, the other being a Jetstar service to Melbou…

It comes a year after Qantas’ pilot union accused the airline of a failure of fleet planning by not having enough new international aircraft, and with Boeing and Airbus experiencing delivery delays.

Qantas’ low-cost subsidiary, which launched in 2004, put out a “casting call” for Australians to share positive memories of the airline to potentially feature in the ad. The campaign, to be filmed in April, will be released for the airline’s 20th anniv…

Commencing on 27 March, the Wednesday flights, joining existing services on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, will add around 20,000 seats per year between the two destinations using A321neo LR aircraft. Jetstar this month resumed services to Rarotonga fol…

The simulator, which was moved to Sydney from Ansett Aviation Training’s (AAT) facilities in Brisbane, can be configured for either 737-700 or 737-800 variants and is approved for Upset Prevention and Recovery Training (UPRT).

According to Jetstar’s figures, over the past two months, more than 84 per cent of flights have arrived within 30 minutes of schedule, and 94 per cent within the hour.

The low-cost carrier beat the long-term average for on-time arrivals last month, only slightly lagging the average for on-time departures and cancellations. It also led the table among participating airlines on the first two measures, only beaten by Re…