Sad that airline went bust tho

All of these ones are brand new services, with the first time Juneyao Airlines have served Australia (and Melbourne)

And as an added note, China Southern Airlines is also starting service from Beijing-Daxing to #Sydney a day earlier than Melbourne's service (also seasonal)

I just hope the next thing I don't hear is a replacement bus breaking down. T_T

Hate to be nitpicking, but would it better to say the JQ A321 was a NEO variant? JQ also have the A321CEO variant as well

For those curious, this one was the last bubble bus in service to have the SmartBus livery. These had their Smartbus PIDS removed ages and had not been on DART for a while, so seeing this one final time was a rare treat!

It helps also that you have airlines like Japan Airlines expanding services to Australia.

Melbourne’s a good example of that, with recently added frequencies to (increase to 5-6x weekly? Correct me if I’m wrong) with bigger planes also coming in

Ideally, added frequencies should reduce how long it takes to get to somewhere

Of course, it may take a bit longer than by car, but the more frequencies and better accessibility to using it (eg not relying solely on a Myki card) the better

Oh yeah the *checks notes* Elon Musk app