The federal government has decided to extend into eastern Syria airstrikes against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) targets carried out by Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) aircraft. “This marks the next phase of Australia’s contribution to the international coalition effort to disrupt, degrade and ultimately defeat the Daesh [ISIL] death cult,” Prime
Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce says slot restrictions at the busy Chek Lap Kok Airport makes it difficult to grow the airline’s service to Hong Kong. The Flying Kangaroo has managed to secure slots to add four additional flights a week between Sydney and Hong Kong from October on top of the airline’s existing daily
Regional carrier Jetgo is expanding its regular public transport (RPT) network to Victoria with nonstop service between Dubbo and Melbourne to begin in late October. It will be the only nonstop flight from Dubbo to Melbourne, with the new thrice-weekly offering scheduled to run on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays with 36-seat Embraer ERJ-135 regional jets. Jetgo managing
British Airways (BA) has celebrated the the occasion of The Queen becoming the UK’s longest reigning monarch with a look back at some of the trips Her Majesty has taken on board the UK flag carrier during her six decades on the throne. Queen Elizabeth II has travelled extensively on British Airways and predecessors BOAC
Jetstar has confirmed it will be moving in to the new Terminal 4 at Melbourne Airport from November 10. The low-cost carrier will join Tigerair Australia at Tullamarine’s newest terminal. Jetstar said in a statement on its website although most domestic flights would move to Terminal 4, services with flight numbers between JQ1 and JQ399 would stay at Terminal
Jetstar has secured the necessary traffic rights to begin nonstop flights from the Gold Coast to Wuhan due to take off in late September. Australia’s International Air Services Commission (IASC) has approved the application from Jetstar’s parent company Qantas for “unlimited passenger capacity between points in Australia other than Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth, and
