• PNG Air Tail

    Security Concerns See PNG Air Axe Mendi Flights - Again

    April 30, 2025: PNG Air has suspended flights to Mendi (MDU) after a
    security incident last week at the remote southern highlands airport.

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  • Aviation Minister Says Fiji Passes ICAO Safety Audit

    April 29, 2025: Fiji’s Deputy Prime
    Minister and Minister for Civil Aviation Viliame Gavoka told parliament on
    April 27, 2025, that the country had passed a recent international aviation
    security audit.

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  • Jetstar to Start Gold Coast – Denpasar Flights

    April 28, 2025: Jetstar will begin
    three times-per-week flights between the Gold Coast (OOL) and Denpasar (DPS) on
    August 1, 2025.

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  • What Happened to Rex’s B737-800s?

    April 24, 2025: Insolvent Australian airline Regional Express (Rex) had nine B737 800s in its fleet when it filed for voluntary administration in July 2024. Rex’s B737s have since met a mixed fate.

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  • Aero Dili’s A319 Inducted Into Service

    April 24, 2025: Aero Dili has quickly put its first A319-100 and second only aircraft into revenue service and it is now working all four Aero Dili routes.

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  • Malaysia Airlines Returning to Brisbane

    April 23, 2025: Aero Dili has quickly put its first A319-100 and second only aircraft into revenue service and it is now working all four Aero Dili routes.

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  • Vanuatu Again Hitting up Airbus for Forfeited Pre-Delivery Payments

    April 22, 2025: Vanuatu's Deputy
    Prime Minister will fly to France next month to try to extract forfeited pre-delivery payments from Airbus stemming from a cancelled A220 order

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  • Daily China Southern Airlines Flights For Brisbane

    April 17, 2025: China Southern
    Airlines will increase its flights on the Guangzhou (CAN) – Brisbane (BNE) to daily on June 10, 2025.

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  • Qantas to Resume Perth – Auckland, Perth – Jo’burgFlights

    April 16, 2025: Qantas will resume
    two international routes from Perth (PER) in late 2025. The airline will restart Perth – Auckland (AKL) flights on December 7 and Perth – Johannesburg (JNB) on the same day.

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  • Air North Debuts New Transcontinental Route

    April 15, 2025: Air North has started Alice Springs (ASP) – Cairns (CNS) flights. The new flights form part of what is a new transcontinental Cairns to Perth (PER) via Alice Springs service.

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  • Robert Eoe Reappointed Nauru Airlines CEO

    April 14, 2025: The Nauru Government has appointed Captain Robert Eoe as interim CEO of Nauru Airlines, replacing Brett Gebers..

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  • Qantas & Airbus Deepen Sustainable Aviation Fuel Investment

    April 11, 2025: Qantas and Airbus
    have jointly committed to invest AUD$15 million into Climate Tech Partners (CTP), a leading climate-focused venture capital fund.

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  • Hawaiian Airlines Confirms Return to Auckland

    April 10, 2025: Hawaiian Airlines has confirmed it will return to New Zealand later this year and operate a 2025-2026 seasonal service to Hawaiʻi.

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  • Infrastructure Giant Vinci Bids for Cairns, Mackay Airports

    April 9, 2025: French infrastructure company Vinci is attempting to buy North Queensland Airports, owners and operators of Cairns (CNS) and Mackay (MKY) Airports.

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  • Legality of Apia Airport Vehicle Searches Questioned

    April 8, 2025: Ministry of Justice and Courts Administration has halted random security checks of private and commercial vehicles at the entrance gate of Faleolo International Airport (APW) outside Apia.

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  • Unexploded WWII Bomb Risk Disrupts Nauru Airport Runway Resurfacing

    April 7, 2025: The contractor undertaking the runway resurfacing project at Nauru International Airport (INU) has cut the number of “identified anomalies” from 237 to 96 following an evaluation by unexploded ordnance experts.

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  • Jetstar Locks in Status as Top International Carrier at Cairns

    April 4, 2025: Jetstar operated its first service on the Christchurch (CNS) – Cairns (CNS) city pair yesterday, April 2, 2025, cementing Jetstar’s status as the dominant international operator at Cairns.

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  • United Airlines to Start Adelaide – San Francisco Flights

    April 3, 2025: United Airlines will start flying to Adelaide (ADL) in December, becoming the first and only US-based carrier to do so.

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  • Network Aviation Ferrying in Another Airbus 319-100

    April 2, 2025: Perth-based Network Aviation has received its eighth Airbus A319-100. The former Spirit Airlines aircraft registered as N516NK (msn 02704) ferried from Phoenix Sky Harbor (PHX) to Kona (KOA) on March 29, 2025

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  • Air New Zealand Deepens Codeshare with Lufthansa, AirIndia

    April 1, 2025: Air New Zealand is expanding its codeshare arrangements with two Star Alliance partner airlines, Lufthansa and Air India.

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