Passengers on two inbound Qantas flights to Sydney – QF144 from Auckland, and QF122 from Queenstown – are now able to access the Australia Digital Travel Declaration (ATD), following a successful trial period at Brisbane Airport.
On this week’s podcast, Jake and guest host David Hollingworth take a look at the Skytrans rebrand and how it might affect the newly-minted SmartLynx Australia’s business.
Speaking to media in Hobart, the minister said the government has been “working pretty closely” with administrator EY Australia, and remains ready to step in and potentially buy Rex to preserve its vital services if EY cannot make a commercial sale.
The Report of the Review of Australian Government Travel Policies, which was initiated after last year’s Aviation White Paper and completed in December, concluded that government travel bookings broadly matched those by the general public in terms of t…
Speaking exclusively to Australian Aviation, chief executive Gytis Gumuliauskas confirmed that all of Skytrans’ operations including regular passenger transport will be rebranded, and that there will be no new SmartLynx Australia livery on its aircraft…
Funded by $70 million from the airport itself and $60 million from the federal government, the runway upgrades – which began last year – were completed in three stages, and could open up flights to Asian destinations within the next few years, said air…
Starting in May 2026, Jetstar will fly three times per week return from Brisbane to Rarotonga using its A321neo LR fleet. This is the sixth new international route Jetstar has announced from Queensland in the past six months, and the carrier is the sta…
The airline, which launched in 2023, wants to see more regulation on the Broome-Kununurra-Darwin route as it prepares to halt services on 1 September. Nexus is citing aggressive competition from rival Airnorth for its decision, saying the route has bec…
Speaking to The Australian Financial Review, the airline’s CEO Bill Astling said Koala, which earlier this year fended off a winding-up application by apparent creditor Wealth Creation, is trying to fly under the radar but has backers who “understand a…