Canberra Airport

Australia’s Canberra Airport Group plans to invest in Vast Solar with an eye to using the renewable-energy technology to produce SAF.

The latest exit follows confirmation that Rex is ending its Albury-Melbourne route after 39 years.

The LCC began flying from the Australian capital last December and is now growing its presence at the airport.

The planned resumption follows an agreement with Link Airways.

The route is part of Rex’s network ramp up as COVID-19 restrictions ease in Australia.

Korean Air restoring flights to Hawaii, Air Nostrum’s latest tender win, and Singapore Airlines restarting service to Houston are among the latest route announcements and services resuming.

Longer-range aircraft like the A321XLR will open up many city pairs and secondary points from Australia in the near future.

Canberra will become Jetstar’s 22nd destination in Australia when flights launch in September.

Competition between the Australian cities of Melbourne and Canberra is set to increase.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has given its verdict on the ongoing spat between Rex and Qantas.

Qantas has hit back at the claims, describing them as a 'classic Rex tantrum.'

Australia’s national airline is adding more flights from the country’s capital.

Gaps left by Virgin Australia are on the carrier’s radar.

With international service not expected to resume until July 2021 at the earliest, Australia’s flag carrier is hoping to stimulate domestic demand where border restrictions allow.

Restructured airline will drop long-haul routes.

Following the confirmation that Tigerair Australia will cease operations, Routes looks at the Virgin Australia low-cost subsidiary’s place in the market prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Australia’s flag carrier originally intended to operate almost 50 international routes over the coming months, but the actual total is likely to be a fraction of that.

Routes’ latest Asia-Pacific market round-up, featuring new route launches, capacity changes and news from across the region.

British Airways and Qatar Airways have received approval to form a joint venture on routes between Australia, Europe and the UK.

Virgin Australia is reducing domestic capacity by 90% and temporarily grounding 125 aircraft. Low-cost subsidiary Tigerair Australia has also suspended flights.

The eight ‘new’ markets comprise Canberra, the airline’s fifth destination in Australia; Dublin, Ireland; Las Vegas, the airline’s eleventh destination in the United States; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Santiago, Chile; Medan’s Kualanamu International Airport, the airline’s third destination in Indonesia; and Tabuk and Yanbu, its ninth and tenth destinations in Saudi Arabia.

Dubbed the ‘Capital Express’ route, Singapore Airlines will introduce a four times weekly schedule on Singapore – Canberra – Wellington, subject to final regulatory approval and will be operated with a 266-seat retrofitted Boeing 777-200 fitted with 38 Business Class and 228 Economy seats.