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𝑵𝒐 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑭𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝑳𝒂𝒆 𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑨𝒊𝒓𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝑼𝒑𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒆

A Papua New Guinea (PNG) politician wants to know why international flights have not started from Lae’s recently redeveloped Nadzab Tomodachi Airport (LAE) and says it risks becoming a white elephant.

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May 29, 2025 at 7:57 PM
𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗝𝗲𝘁 𝗙𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗛𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗶𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲

New Zealand's Hamilton Airport, also known as Waikato Regional Airport, will see the return of scheduled passenger jet flights next month when Jetstar starts flights to Sydney (SYD) and the Gold Coast (OOL).

More at tinyurl.com/bdd3w4fn
May 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
𝑭𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒉 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒚𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒂’𝒔 𝑴𝒐𝒕𝒖 𝑳𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝑪𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒅-𝑭𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕-𝑼𝒑

A project to crowd-fund CPF137.3 million (USD1.3 million) to partially pay for the purchase of an ATR 72-500 cargo aircraft for French Polynesian cargo start-up Motu Link Airlines is over 97% of the way there.

Read more at tinyurl.com/bdhsuhp9
May 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
𝑸𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒔 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒑𝒔 𝒖𝒑 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔-𝑻𝒂𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝑺𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓

Qantas is boosting seat capacity by approximately 20% on the Australia—New Zealand country pair this upcoming southern 2025/26 summer.

Find out more at tinyurl.com/mtzr5pv8

Photo: Qantas

#qantas #australia #newzealand #flights #airlines #routes
May 26, 2025 at 7:44 PM
𝑺𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑾𝑾𝑰𝑰 𝑬𝒓𝒂 𝑩𝒐𝒎𝒃𝒔 𝑼𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑵𝒂𝒖𝒓𝒖 𝑨𝒊𝒓𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝑹𝒖𝒏𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒔

Contractors have finished their search for unexploded World War II era bombs at Nauru Airport (INU). Work will now start on resurfacing the runway.

Read more at tinyurl.com/mr3v3wwe

Photo: Nauru Government

#nauru #airport #bomb #news
May 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
𝑵𝒆𝒘 𝑪𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒂’𝒔 𝑨𝒊𝒓 𝑶𝒄𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒂 𝑳𝒂𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒏𝒂𝒎 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓

New Caledonia's Air Loyauté has resumed flying to the Loyalty Islands with a new aircraft and a corporate makeover, rebranding as Air Oceania.

Read more at tinyurl.com/27hhneyh

Photo: Air Oceania

#news #aviation #airloyaute #airoceania
May 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
𝑨𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑸𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒔 𝑨220 𝑭𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑰𝒏

Qantas is ferrying in its seventh A220-300. At the time of writing, the aircraft, VH-X4G (msn 55352), is at Nadi (NAN) enroute to Australia.

Read more at tinyurl.com/2dckmy65

Photo: Qantas

#news #airbus #qantas #a220 #ferryflights #delivieries #airlines #aviation
May 21, 2025 at 8:17 PM
𝑸𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒔 𝑫𝒖𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒆, 𝑱𝒆𝒕𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓 𝑸𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑯𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒕𝒐𝒏 𝑰𝒔𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅

The Qantas Group is making some changes to its Queensland network in October 2025, with Qantas ending flights to Proserpine (PPP) and Jetstar ceasing services to Hamilton Island (HTI).

Read more at tinyurl.com/pznd4z5d

Photo: Qantas
May 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
𝑺𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝑵𝒐 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝑼𝒑𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑵𝒖𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒑𝒆 𝑨𝒊𝒓𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕

Construction of the Nusatupe Airport (GZO) terminal upgrade on Nusatupe Island in the Solomon Islands' Western Province is yet to start because of ongoing land tenure issues.

Read more at tinyurl.com/mr3t79ru

Photo: Solomon Airlines

#Nustape #airport
May 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
𝑺𝒌𝒚𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝑨𝒙𝒆𝒔 𝑻𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒕 𝑪𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒏𝒂 208𝑩 𝑭𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔

Skytrans has abruptly ended its scheduled Cessna 208B Caravan services in the Torres Strait. The changes affect flights to and from Horn Island (HID).

Find out more: tinyurl.com/mr2yj65w

Photo: Torres Strait Regional Council

#skytrans #airlines
May 18, 2025 at 8:13 PM
𝑻𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒂’𝒔 𝑳𝒖𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒂𝒊 𝑨𝒊𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑺𝒌𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒏 𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝑰𝒄𝒆

Tonga's Minister for Public Enterprises Paula Piveni Piukala says Lulutai Airlines is still in financial and operational strife and has asked for a TOP2 million pa'anga (USD830,500) top-up to keep flying.

Read more at tinyurl.com/2tj65sad
May 15, 2025 at 8:14 PM
𝑸𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒔 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝑰𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝑺𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝑨𝒗𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒖𝒆𝒍

@qantas-official.bsky.social and partner companies have made the largest-ever commercial importation of sustainable aviation fuel into Australia, importing nearly two million litres this month.

Read more at tinyurl.com/4juudut3

Photo: Qantas
May 15, 2025 at 3:42 AM
𝑨𝒊𝒓 𝑵𝒊𝒖𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒊 𝑰𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑷𝒊𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝑪𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒕𝒔

Air Niugini has sent four pilot cadets to a training academy in Adelaide, Australia, as part of an in-house program to overcome a pilot shortage.

Read more at tinyurl.com/4pw87sce

Photo: Airbus

#PNG #news #pilotcadets #airlines #aviation #training #airniugini
May 13, 2025 at 8:07 PM
𝑩𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒌 𝑨𝒊𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝑭𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝑫𝒊𝒍𝒊 𝒊𝒏 𝑱𝒖𝒏𝒆

Batik Air Malaysia will commence twice-weekly roundtrips between Kuala Lumpur (KUL) and Dili (DIL) on June 6, 2025.

Read more at tinyurl.com/5dy6au6x

Photo: Boeing

#flights #dili #Kualalumpur #batikair #airlines #timorleste #News #aviation #routes
May 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑺𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝑸𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒔 𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝑯𝒂𝒖𝒍 𝑬𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝑨𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂 𝑴𝒊𝒙𝒆𝒅 𝑩𝒂𝒈

The Australian Federation of Air Pilots (AFAP) say undertakings provided by Qantas will improve work conditions for short-haul pilots, including pay increases for some.

Read more at tinyurl.com/5n8wdyvn

Photo: Qantas

#qantas #afap
May 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
𝑸𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒔 𝑾𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝑪𝒐𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑨𝒊𝒓 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒔 𝑭𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔

Qantas wants to put the Air France AF flight code on its flights to Paris (CDG), saying it will allow Air France to provide more connectivity to Australia via Qantas’ non-stop services.

Read more at tinyurl.com/y7yw7vkm

Photo: Qantas
May 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM
𝑴𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊 𝑴𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑫𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝑯𝒐𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝑨𝒊𝒓𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝑼𝒑𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝑮𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝑼𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒘𝒂𝒚

An eighteen-month USD12.7 million upgrade of Hoskins Airport (HKN) in Papua New Guinea’s West New Britain province has commenced.

Read more at tinyurl.com/28ex67jc

Photo: Asian Development Bank

#png #news #airport #aviation #hoskins
May 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
𝘾𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙮 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙤 𝘿𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙨 𝙏𝙤𝙤𝙬𝙤𝙤𝙢𝙗𝙖 𝙒𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙥 𝘼𝙞𝙧𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙚

Cathay Cargo will end its weekly B747-8 freighter flight to Toowoomba’s Wellcamp Airport (WTB) in mid-June. Instead, it will begin servicing Brisbane Airport (BNE).

Find out more at tinyurl.com/sb9vbxmc

Photo: Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport
May 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
𝗤𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗿 𝗔𝗶𝗿𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗦𝘄𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝟳𝟳𝟳-𝟮𝟬𝟬𝗟𝗥𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗲

Qatar Airways is changing the aircraft type operating its daily Doha (DOH) – Auckland (AKL) flights between June 1, 2025 and October 24, 2025.

Find out more at tinyurl.com/3h5yy6cx

Photo: Qatar Airways

#airlines #AucklandAirport #news #fly
May 6, 2025 at 2:20 AM
𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑫𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑴𝒊𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑨𝒊𝒓 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑺𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔

The US Department of Transportation has asked Guam-based Szabo Aerospace to provide more information before it will grant a commuter air carrier certificate.

Read more at tinyurl.com/2snwa52n

Photo: Textron Aviation

#szabo #DOT #CNMI
May 4, 2025 at 10:16 PM
𝗤𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗔𝟯𝟯𝟬 𝗪𝗲𝘁 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀

Qantas has stopped operating one of two A330-300s wet-leased from Finnair because of long-running industrial unrest among Finnair pilots impacted service reliability.

Find out more at tinyurl.com/yju359kp

Photo: Airbus

#finnair #qantas #wetleases #airlines
May 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗦𝗲𝗲 𝗣𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗶𝗿 𝗔𝘅𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶 𝗙𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 - 𝗔𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻

PNG Air has suspended flights to Mendi (MDU) after a security incident last week at the remote southern highlands airport.

Read more at tinyurl.com/4hzb2f7d

Photo: PNG Air

#news #fly #airlines #aviation #PNG #routes #suspension #conflict
April 29, 2025 at 7:49 PM
𝗔𝘃𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗙𝗶𝗷𝗶 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗢 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝘁

Fiji’s Minister for Civil Aviation Viliame Gavoka told parliament on April 27, 2025, that the country had passed a recent international aviation security audit.

Read more at tinyurl.com/mryw7hw3

Photo: Airbus

#fiji #ICAO #news #airlines #audit
April 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
𝗝𝗲𝘁𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝘀𝘁 – 𝗗𝗲𝗻𝗽𝗮𝘀𝗮𝗿 𝗙𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀

Jetstar will begin three times-per-week flights between the Gold Coast (OOL) and Denpasar (DPS) on August 1, 2025.

Find out more at tinyurl.com/4zssr9ju

Photo: Jetstar

#Jetstar #airlines #GoldCoast #Denpasar #Flights #aviation #routes #news #fly
April 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗥𝗲𝘅’𝘀 𝗕𝟳𝟯𝟳-𝟴𝟬𝟬𝘀?

Australian airline Regional Express (Rex) had nine B737-800s in its fleet when it filed for voluntary administration in July 2024. What has happened to the aircraft since then?

Find out at tinyurl.com/ysx5as3f

Photo: Regional Express - Rex

#news #airlines #b737
What Happened to Rex’s B737-800s?
Australian airline Regional Express (Rex) had nine B737-800s when it filed for administration in July 2024. What has happened to Rex’s B737s since then?
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April 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM