airlines (Qantas, Jetstar, Virgin, Air NZ)
The new campaign is aimed at air travellers carrying batteries and power banks with them. Photo: CASA With airline passengers carrying up to four lithium battery devices on average, a new air safety campaign has been launched in time for the school and Easter holidays. The campaign’s goal is to educate passengers about what they…
South African Airways is adding a fifth service between Perth and Johannesburg this month. Photo: stock Perth Airport has declared 2024 to be a bumper year with a record 16.9 million passengers passing through its terminals. The airport there was an extra 1.6 million passengers last year due to a surge in international travellers and…
Singapore Alines is boosting its services to Brisbane with four flights a day. Photo: Brisbane Airport Singapore Airlines is to fly four times a day between Changi and Brisbane airports in a return to pre-pandemic levels. From June 16, the airline’s number of weekly services will rise from 25 to 28 a week, says Brisbane Airport…
Airline and NT government officials celebrate the announcement of the service. Photo: AirAsia AirAsia will be returning to the Northern Territory this year with the resumption of Darwin-Bali services in March. The airline is to operate three-weekly direct flights from March 22 and is expected to deliver over 1000 visitors weekly, the NT government says.…
Picture: stock Travellers need to stay on the straight and sober while onboard aircraft or risk two years jail or hefty fine, Australian Federal Police (AFP) say. The warning comes after a couple accused of drunken behaviour on a domestic flight appeared in Downing Centre Local Court in Sydney today (January 6). AFP Sergeant Luke…
The new airline will operate four times a week with a seasonal bump to daily flights during the Lunar New Year period. Photo: Sydney Airport. A new Shanghai-Sydney service that first touched down on Tuesday may have turned the airport into Australia’s major gateway to China. Juneyao Air’s inaugural service lifted the airport’s seat capacity…
Delta Air Lines started a LA-Brisbane service last week, flying three times a week. Photo: Brisbane Airport Brisbane Airport is expecting an even busier Christmas season this year with three million passengers to pass through during a six-week period. The airport says that from December 13, 2024, to January 27, 2025, it expects domestic passenger…
Picture: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI US-based carrier United Airlines is revising its biosecurity measures after it failed twice to report dogs that flew into the country on its aircraft. The Department of Agriculture says it found that United staff had failed to report a dog’s arrival twice − into Brisbane Airport in March and into Sydney Airport…
WORK has begun on a $130m strengthening and widening of Hobart Airport to accommodate larger aircraft for international flights. Federal Infrastructure and Transport Minister Catherine King says the upgrade will enable long-haul aircraft (like the Boeing 787 and Airbus A350) to fly directly to Asia and the Pacific. The airport’s taxiways, ground lighting, electrical systems…
Jetstar will be adding another aircraft to its Gold Coast fleet for the new services to NZ. Picture: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI Jetstar is reaching further into New Zealand with new direct flights to Hamilton and Dunedin from the Gold Coast and Sydney. The new services are due to take off from June 2025. According to an…