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Qantas and Jetstar will reduce services to Asia until at least the end of May, as the Qantas Group grapples with weak demand caused by the coronavirus outbreak. As a flow-effect, Qantas and Jetstar will also cut trans-Tasman flights to New Zealand and domestic flights within Australia until the end of June 2020. The announcement … Continued
On 1 May 2020, LATAM Airlines will leave the Oneworld alliance. As the only current Oneworld airline based in South America, this will leave a huge hole in the Oneworld alliance network. Although you’ll still be able to redeem Qantas Frequent Flyer points for LATAM flights, it won’t be possible to include LATAM Airlines as … Continued
In recent weeks, QantasLink has announced new regional services to Ballina, Kangaroo Island and now Orange. But Regional Express (Rex) has complained to the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) that QantasLink is using its dominant position to force them out of these markets. New QantasLink flights from Adelaide to Kangaroo Island From July, QantasLink … Continued
Just days after Virgin Australia announced its withdrawal from Hong Kong, Cathay Pacific is significantly reducing its services between Hong Kong and Australia during March 2020. Worldwide, Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon have cancelled more than half of their flights over February and March this year. Many of the cancelled flights are to mainland China … Continued
South African Airways will cut many of its international destinations, and all domestic routes except one, from next month. The airline’s flight from Perth to Johannesburg is safe for now, but there will be a schedule change from 1 March 2020. Instead of operating overnight, SA281 will depart Perth at 2.30pm and arrive in Johannesburg … Continued
Virgin Australia will end all flights to Hong Kong from next month, the airline announced yesterday. Virgin currently operates daily Airbus A330 flights from both Melbourne and Sydney to Hong Kong. The airline already announced last year that it will end Melbourne-Hong Kong flights on 11 February – which happens to be next Tuesday – … Continued
Update (20 February 2020): Qantas has announced that QF129/130 between Sydney and Shanghai will remain suspended until at least the end of May 2020. Qantas will temporarily cancel all flights to mainland China from 9 February 2020, as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. Qantas currently operates flights from Sydney to Shanghai and Beijing. The … Continued
Emirates has announced that it will launch a new fifth freedom route from Singapore to Penang, Malaysia. The daily flights will be operated by Emirates Boeing 777-300ERs featuring Economy, Business and First Class seating, and you can redeem Qantas Frequent Flyer points to book a seat! The service will begin on 9 April 2020, around … Continued
Qantas is returning to Ballina Byron Gateway Airport, which also serves nearby Byron Bay, with daily QantasLink flights from Sydney. It’s one of several new QantasLink domestic routes that will launch on 29 March, 2020. The QantasLink Sydney-Ballina flights are timed with business travellers in mind. The Dash 8 Q300 services will depart Sydney for … Continued
Two months after Japanese airline All Nippon Airways (ANA) announced it will launch a second daily service to Sydney, we now know the schedule for the new flights. All Nippon Airways already flies daily between Sydney and Tokyo’s Haneda Airport using Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners. The second daily flights, which will also use Boeing 787-9 aircraft, … Continued
It may be hard to believe, but Emirates operates 20 return flights every single day between Dubai and the UK alone – most of these on Airbus A380s. And many of these flights are full. Of Emirates’ entire European operation, 26% of capacity serves airports in the United Kingdom, and the UK alone accounts for … Continued
Indonesian airline Citilink will launch flights from Melbourne’s Avalon Airport to Denpasar from 24 January 2020. The flights will operate daily using Airbus A320neo aircraft. Citilink is a low-cost carrier owned by Garuda Indonesia. It began operating in 2001 as a regional carrier within Indonesia, and today operates a fleet of around 60 aircraft. The … Continued