Category: Jetstar

Qantas Faces Industrial Action From Airline’s Engineers After Negotiations Reach Stalemate

Engineers at the Australian flag carrier Qantas and its wholly owned subsidiary Jetstar are planning to take industrial action in an attempt to make the companies agree to their pay rise demand. In a ballot held by the Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association (ALEA), the majority of members have backed industrial action in the upcoming…


Jetstar Asia Flights Between Singapore and Darwin Resume After 2 Year Hiatus

Jetstar Asia will resume its flights between Singapore and Darwin after a two-year pause in travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a  media release on Monday the Northern Territory state government, noted that the first scheduled flight to arrive in Darwin from Singapore will touch down at 4.45 a.m. on Tuesday morning, marking the beginning of…


Qantas Brings Forward International Flights as Sydney Set to Reopen

Australia’s major airline Qantas will bring forward a series of international flights from Sydney to Singapore, Bangkok, Phuket, Johannesburg, and Fiji. Qantas said on Friday that the changes would enable the airline to bring 11,000 of its employees previously stood down back to work in December—including about 5,000 employees linked to domestic flying and 6,000…


Qantas Adds Seven New Routes as Demand Surges

Qantas predicts that its capacity will exceed 100 percent of pre-COVID levels in the coming months after adding seven new routes between major capital cities as domestic demand increases following the pandemic slump. Qantas Domestic and International CEO Andrew David said the new routes would help support the growing demand for domestic tourism. “As most…