Regional carrier Skytrans says it will exit the Sydney-Toowoomba route once QantasLink begins flights from Sydney to Brisbane West Wellcamp airport in November. Skytrans chief executive Simon Wild said his small, family-run airline just could not compete against the big national carriers such as Qantas. “We are proud to have been the pioneer in getting that
Virgin Australia sent an ATR 72 to Melbourne and Launceston over the weekend for staff training and route familiarisation flights, potentially laying the groundwork to expand its ATR turboprop regional operations beyond NSW and Queensland. Flight tracking website flightaware.com showed Virgin ATR 72-500 VH-FVM flew from Brisbane to Melbourne on Saturday, August 30, and spent two nights at Tullamarine before
Qantas’s regional arm QantasLink has been unveiled the first airline to offer regular public transport services from Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport. QantasLink will fly 11 flights a week between Sydney and Wellcamp – located about 20km southwest of Toowomba and 130km from Brisbane. Flights were due to start on November 17, Qantas said in a statement
The RAAF has completed its first airlift of “military stores” to Kurdish forces in northern Iraq. A 36SQN C-17 Globemaster delivered ammunition to Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan, after flying from Al Minhad Air Base in Dubai to pick up the load in Tirana, Albania and stopping in Baghdad where Iraqi officials inspected the cargo. “The aircrew and
The so-called “Ryanair jacket” could soon make an appearance in Australia as Jetstar moves to ensure customers stay within their free carry-on baggage allowance. Jetstar says an upcoming six-month trial of “cabin baggage officers” at a number of major Australian ports is about ensuring passengers are within the maximum allowable size and weight limits for
If not Emirates, then who? That’s has been one of the questions surrounding Qantas Airways after the airline floated a proposed new corporate structure for its international operations in a bid to open itself up to further investment. The answer, it seems, is no one. Not yet anyway. The move to split its domestic and international
