A new carrier will grace the apron at Melbourne from December, with Chinese carrier, Shenzhen Airlines, announcing its intentions to serve Australia for the first time. The direct flight, which will depart from Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport (SZX) three times a week, will commence on December 22, utilizing an Airbus A330-300 aircraft.
Melbourne is attracting the international airlines because Qantas service into Melbourne is so terribly poor. Qantas do not service Melbourne well at all. Melbourne is a large asian city now with the population growth and many airlines are seeing this and moving in as qantas fails.