NOVEMBER 12, 2025. AUSTRALIA

Creditors Approve Air T’s Offer to Buy Regional Express

Air T will acquire Australia’s Regional Express (Rex) after creditors approved the NASDAQ-listed company’s offer to buy the insolvent airline.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2025. AUSTRALIA

Private Equity Firm Abandons Plans to Buy Alliance Airlines

Sydney-based private equity firm Pacific Equity Partners has abandoned plans to buy Alliance Airlines

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NOVEMBER 11, 2025. FRENCH POLYNESIA

Start Date Not Set Says French Polynesia’s Motu Link Airline

French Polynesia’s Motu Link Airline has hosed down a government report that it will begin flight operations on December 12, 2025.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2025. AUSTRALIA

Jetstar to Start International Flights from Avalon Airport

Jetstar will begin international flights from Avalon Airport (AVV) to Denpasar (DPS) in late March 2026. In addition, the low-cost carrier will resume flights to Adelaide (ADL) and increase frequencies on the existing Avalon – Brisbane (BNE) city pair.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2025. VANUATU

First of Air Vanuatu’s New Twin Otters Arriving in November

The first of Air Vanuatu’s two new Twin Otters is due later this month and the second in February 2026, Finance Minister Johnny Koanapo said in his 2026 Budget speech last week.

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  • Alliance Airlines MD Exits Early Amid Profit Downgrade

    NOVEMBER 7, 2025: The founding managing director of Alliance Airlines, has brought forward his resignation date. The airline’s chief financial officer has also announced his intention to step down. The announcement coincides with a profit downgrade for the airline.

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  • Passenger Growth Drives Sydney Airport Upgrades

    NOVEMBER 7, 2025: Sydney Airport is on track to record its busiest year on record with 24,138,124 passengers passing through in the seven months to July 31, 2025. This is an increase of 2.2% on the 23,615,656 passengers who moved through the airport over the same period in 2024.

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  • Early Roll Out of Firefighting Aircraft by Victorian Gov’t

    NOVEMBER 6, 2025: The Victorian State Government has deployed 15 firefighting aircraft one month early ahead of what’s expected to be a significant bushfire season.

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  • Jetstar to Expand Code Sharing on Indonesia Routes

    NOVEMBER 5, 2025: Qantas has applied to Australia’s International Air Services Commission to expand Jetstar’s code sharing arrangements with Emirates and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines on routes between Australia and Indonesia.

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November 2025 News Briefs

NOVEMBER 12, 2025: Qantas says all key airframe components including the forward, centre and rear fuselage sections have come together for its first A350-1000ULR aircraft, along with the wings, tail section and landing gear being attached.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2025: Perth Airport says it handled a record 17.5 million passengers in the 12 months to June 30, 2025 - up from 16.1 million (8.5%) in the previous year. More than half of the growth came from international passengers.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2025: Air Niugini will begin code sharing with Qantas on the latter airline's flights between Brisbane (BNE) and Perth (PER) and Sydney (SYD) and Perth. The changes take effect from mid November 2025.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2025: Almost a quarter of a million passengers made their way through Launceston Airport (LST) during the last two months, with September and October exceeding all-time highs as the airport welcomed 106,671 and 128,615, respectively.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2025: Qantas shareholders have approved a board proposal to allow CEO Vanessa Hudson to participate in the airline’s long-term incentive plan. Shareholders also approved the board's renumeration report at a November 7, 2025, annual general meeting.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2025: Tourism Fiji and the Chongqing Municipal Commission for Culture and Tourism Development have inked an agreement to develop Chongqing-Fiji travel itineraries, paving the way for Chongqing - Nadi flights and further cementing China's push into the Southwest Pacific.

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NOVEMBER 5 2025. AUSTRALIA

Australian Gov’t Discloses Regional Express Financing Deal

The Australian Government has revealed details of the financing it will
provide to support Air T’s offer to buy insolvent commuter airline Regional Express (Rex).

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NOVEMBER 4, 2025. NEW ZEALAND

International Airline Capacity Grows at Christchurch Airport

Christchurch Airport (CHC) expects 15% more international capacity over the upcoming Southern Hemisphere summer than the comparable 2024/25 period. According to the airport, at least six international airlines have increased or are increasing their capacity.

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November 2025 Aircraft Movements

NOVEMBER 11, 2025: Social media platforms have published photos of the next two A220-300s going to Air Niugini, now in the final stages of production at Airbus’s Mirabel facility. They are P2-PGB and P2-PGC (msn 55410). Both are expected in Port Moresby by the end of the year.

NOVEMBER 10, 2025: Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) Papua New Guinea has added another Cessna 208 Caravan to its fleet. N201KM (msn 20800717) took eight days to ferry from Teuge (QHT) to MAF's maintenance facility at Mareeba (MRG) in Australia, arriving on October 28, 2025. N201KM will be -re-registered and replace an older MAF aircraft.

NOVEMBER 4, 2025: Canada's Avmax Group have ferried out another ex-Eastern Australia Airlines DHC-8-Q300. VH-TQM (msn 604) departed Alice Springs (ASP) for Calgary (YYC) on October 27, 2025. Eastern Australia had operated the aircraft for QantasLink.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2025

Air T Details Post Buyout Growth Plans for Regional Express

Air T Inc., the would-be buyer of Australia’s Regional Express (Rex) says it intends to restore the insolvent airline to its pre-pandemic “classic Rex” status, including restoring all aircraft to service and focusing on regional and remote passenger services.

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November 2025 Route Briefs

NOVEMBER 11, 2025: Jetstar will begin five weekly A321-200N operated round-trips between Avalon (AVV) and Denpasar (DPS) on March 23, 2026, and daily round-trips between Avalon and Adelaide (ADL) from March 26, 2026.

NOVEMBER 10, 2025: China Eastern Airlines has committed to starting thrice-weekly Adelaide (ADL) - Shanghai (PVG) round-trips from mid-2026.

NOVEMBER 7, 2025: Jetstar will begin three times weekly A321-200neo flights between the Sunshine Coast (MCY) and Denpasar (DPS) on March 24, 2026.

NOVEMBER 4, 2025: MinRes Air now flies from Perth (PER) to Kalgoorlie (KGI) and Wodgina (GYB) to the company's Mt Marion and Wodgina mine sites.

NOVEMBER 3, 2025: Air New Zealand will operate thrice weekly seasonal round-trips between Christchurch (CHC) and Rarotonga (RAR) between May 26 and October 24, 2026.

NOVEMBER 3, 2025: Korean LCC t'way Air is suspending its daily B737-8 Seoul (ICN) - Guam (GUM) round-trips, effective November 16, 2025..

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NOVEMBER 3, 2025

Australia’s East Air Begins RPT Flights

Australia’s newest scheduled passenger airline, East Air, begins revenue services today, November 3, 2025. It will initially operate twice-weekly Cairns (CNS) – Hamilton Island (HTI) round-trips using a 19-passenger Beechcraft 1900D aircraft.

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