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Speaking exclusively to Australian Aviation, Milne – who bought East Air after leaving Skytrans, now SmartLynx Australia, earlier this year – said the carrier’s first route from Cairns to Hamilton Island is only the beginning, with plans to become “a d…

The first Malaysia A330neo touched down in Sydney on Monday, with the new aircraft to operate on both daily Sydney-Kuala Lumpur flights and a third to begin on 30 August. This will bring Sydney’s Kuala Lumpur capacity to 630,000 seats per year, the hig…

The carrier, one of China’s “Big Four”, will ramp up from seven to 10 weekly Brisbane flights on 17 November, then 14 from 15 December to 22 February, before scaling back to 11 until 2 March. The extra services will be operated by the airline’s A350 ai…

The flights, launching 3 November, will operate twice per week, on Mondays and Fridays, from Perth to Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands using A319 and A320 aircraft. Outbound flights from Perth will operate as QF361 and QF363, and return…

The fine, around 75 per cent of the maximum penalty of $121 million, was imposed by Justice Michael Lee on Monday morning. $50 million of this will be paid to the Transport Workers’ Union, with a further hearing to determine how the remaining $40 milli…

The carrier will begin year-round flights starting 3 November, initially three times per week but moving to more frequent flights on larger aircraft according to demand. This will be the first time any airline has flown between the two holiday destinat…