Perth Airport

The airline will initially fly from Melbourne three times per week.

The latest capacity cut comes after the state of Western Australia announced it will impose a 'hard border' in an effort to prevent the spread of omicron.

The airline will operate the only nonstop service between Australia and continental Europe.

United’s US-Australia flights will serve as the basis for increasing the carriers’ access to each other’s domestic markets.

The airline has adapted its flying schedule in response to state reopening plans and latest border assumptions in Victoria, New South Wales and Western Australia.

The flights from Hobart are the latest domestic routes to be added to the airline’s network.

Virgin Australia’s new seasonal flights to Launceston, Wizz Air adding connections from Hungary and Romania and Saudia returning to Manchester are among the latest new route announcements and services resuming.

Destinations with high vaccination rates are an initial focus, while Australia’s flag-carrier is evaluating whether to operate scheduled service between London Heathrow and Darwin.

The planned launch comes as competition for domestic traffic in Australia continues to grow.

Alan Joyce hopes to progress Qantas’ ultra-long-haul plans over the next 12 months—and he believes the airline’s Airbus A380 fleet will fly again.

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

The latest approval removes conditions previously imposed on flights between Shanghai and Sydney.

Frankfurt, Melbourne, San Francisco and Vancouver are among the routes being canceled.

Five routes planned from Tokyo Haneda to destinations in Europe and the US are among the cancellations.

The latest route cancellations follow the airline’s pause of flights to South Africa.

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

CEO Alan Joyce said there will be an even stronger business case for nonstop long-haul routes after the COVID-19 crisis.

Adelaide in Australia and Auckland in New Zealand are returning to Qatar Airways’ network later this month, with flights to two more US gateways resuming in September.

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.

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

Australia’s second-largest carrier plans to continue operating a vastly reduced schedule while administrators from Deloitte work to find a buyer for the airline.

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

More flights are being cut and 10 Qantas A380s have been grounded.

Twenty airports and destinations have been recognised by the airline network planning community for their outstanding marketing achievements over the past twelve months.

Routesonline takes a closer look at the airports shortlisted in two categories of the Routes Asia 2019 Marketing Awards.