The federal government has negotiated a temporary increase in the number of weekly plane flights between Australia and China.The extra flights will be made available to cater for an expected spike in demand between November and the end of February 2011.During the past year more than 410,000 Chinese visitors... 

Travellers face continuing delays at Tullamarine as airlines work to clear a backlog in services caused by thick fog today.A Qantas spokeswoman said passengers on some routes would face waits up to half an hour this afternoon after three-hour delays to a number of domestic flights earlier today.Qantas... 

Etihad Airways is celebrating its recent route expansion by offering cheap flights to Australia.The airline is joining forces with Virgin Blue to offer new flights to key destinations such as Adelaide and Cairns. There will also be a number of additional services to New Zealand as part of the expansion. To... 

Malaysia Airlines  MAS will offer two additional direct flights from Kuala Lumpur to Sydney and three new flights from Kuala Lumpur to Brisbane effective Oct 31, 2010.The two new flights to Sydney will depart Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9.00am and arrive at 7.55pm.Collectively, MAS would offer 14 weekly... 

Budget airline Jetstar has announced extra daily flights into Launceston from both Melbourne and Sydney.The decision comes in the same week that concerns have been raised over safety at Launceston airport.Aviator and businessman Dick Smith claims the lack of radar coverage in Tasmania makes it dangerous... 

Tiger Airways has added an extra weekly service on its popular Melbourne  Darwin route, increasing the frequency of flights from six weekly services to seven, to meet increasing demand.Starting from 07 August 2010, the additional weekly flight is on sale now for travel through to 31 March 2011. Fares... 

Planning vacations ahead of time will usually seal the deal for a good bargain, but once in a while, a last-minute trip makes the perfect worth-while surprise.Right now Qantas Airways is offering flights to Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane for up to 55 percent off.Take advantage of Australia’s winter... 

There are going to be a lot of Australians here, Qantas regional general manager Grant Lilly said yesterday, announcing additional transtasman services direct to Queenstown from Melbourne this summer.Mr Lilly, of Auckland, told the Otago Daily Times in addition to extra services from Melbourne and Brisbane... 

Tiger Airways will start flying from Avalon Airport in November, with the Gold Coast the low-cost carrier’s inaugural destination from Melbourne’s second gateway.Flights between Avalon and the south Queensland holiday destination were due to start on November 10, the airline said in a... 

Budget airline Jetstar will this week introduce 22 additional weekly services for the Cairns market, with the relaunch of a direct international Cairns-Osaka A330 service.It will also add extra domestic flights between Cairns and Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide. From April 2, Jetstar will introduce...