The inaugural Regional Express (Rex) Boeing 737-800 passenger flight took off this morning, with flight ZL18 departing from Melbourne to Sydney at 7am. It marks the beginning of jet aircraft operations for Rex, whose business model since launching in 2002 had previously been to just fly small turboprop aircraft to country towns. Over the coming … Continued
Qantas says it now plans to resume international flights to most destinations from the end of October 2021, although it has so far only resumed selling tickets on 27 of its previous 37 international long-haul routes. Last month, Qantas – perhaps too optimistically – reopened international bookings from 1 July 2021. But the airline yesterday … Continued
Rex has announced that it will cut flights to five regional destinations, while adding more services on routes currently served by Qantas in response to what it’s calling “aggressive predatory moves by Qantas”. It has also called on the ACCC yet again to take “enforcement actions against Qantas”. But Qantas has hit back, calling the … Continued
Qantas and Virgin Australia have announced new domestic routes to Coffs Harbour, Byron Bay and the Sunshine Coast in time for the Easter school holidays. The airlines are also expanding capacity on existing routes to many Australian leisure destinations. New Qantas routes From 1 April 2021, Qantas will launch new flights operated by QantasLink on … Continued
Qantas will operate special flights from Brisbane and Sydney to Norfolk Island to assist Australians stranded by the sudden, temporary withdrawal of Air New Zealand services to the island. Four Qantas flights will operate between Brisbane and Norfolk Island over the coming days, with an additional one flight from Sydney to the Australian overseas territory. The … Continued