Koala Airlines promised to be a disruptor and to take on Qantas, Jetstar and Virgin Australia on Australian domestic routes. Today (2:15 pm AEST, 22 January 2025) it faces winding up proceedings. Wealth Creation Pty Ltd brings the action in the Victorian Supreme Court. It looks like Koala Airlines might...

Virgin Australia has just released a bunch of Velocity Reward seats for its Brisbane Perth and Sydney to Doha flights using wet-leased Qatar Boeing 777 aircraft with QSuites. Start dates are: Virgin is calling it a tripling of reward seats. Speculation is that Virgin Australia has raised the number of...

It looks like the Istanbul-based airline has firm ambitions on ultra-long-haul routes. It even has Auckland, New Zealand, in its sights. At the Turkish Airlines Management Summit 2025 in Antalya, Turkish Airlines Chairman Ahmet Bolat announced the commencement of flights to Minneapolis, Minnesota, in April/May 2025. The development of an...

Qantas has announced today its seasonal non-stop route between Sydney and Sapporo, Japan, for the ski season commencing on 15 December. The route will continue until 28 March 2026, three times per week, using an Airbus A330-200. This route has been resurrected and was last flown in the pre-pandemic years...

The United Kingdom (UK) recently introduced an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) with an accompanying fee. However, due to customer feedback, primarily from airlines like British Airways, the ETA has been dropped for transit passengers heading through UK airports. Income and border control Part of introducing the ETA is to gain...

Whatever you think of the Skytrax empire, AirlineRatings.com has released its airline safety evaluation of the Top 25 Safest Full-Service and Low-Cost Airlines for 2025. To formulate the lists, they have been monitoring 385 carriers worldwide. Full-Service Airlines: Air New Zealand tops the list World’s safest airline goes to Air...

According to a story in The Guardian, Qantas flights between Sydney and Johannesburg have faced last-minute delays following warnings from the US government about falling debris from SpaceX rocket re-entries in the Southern Indian Ocean. Disruptions caused by Space X rocket re-entry Ben Holland, head of Qantas’s operations centre, explained...

Melbourne Airport plans to expand its international terminal. The expansion will give the airport greater capacity and improve passengers’ experience. The airport has already spent a year consulting with its client airlines. Record International Passenger Traffic December 2024 saw a history-making 1,147,533 international passengers use the airport, the highest monthly...

Virgin Australia resumes long-haul international flying from Melbourne with its daily service to Doha on Monday, 1 December 2025. Tickets are now on sale. The flights will be conducted on wet-leased Qatar Airways Boeing 777 aircraft. That means although listed as a Virgin Australia flight, you will be travelling on...

Speculation is swirling around Virgin Australia’s CEO Jayne Hrdlicka following signs that she may be rethinking her decision to leave the airline despite her February 2024 announcement of stepping down. Recent developments, including strategic successes and personal investments, suggest her departure might not be set in stone after all. A...

Vietnam Airlines (VN), based in Hanoi, is considering an ambitious network expansion. The Vietnamese flag carrier has its sights set on new international destinations across Australia, Asia, Europe, and North America. Growing global footprint Vietnam Airlines will soon fly to six European cities: London (LHR), Paris (CDG), Frankfurt (FRA), Munich...