Virgin Australia is adding the central Queensland town of Emerald to the growing regional network served by the airline’s nimble new ATR turboprops.Weekday flights will run twice daily from 16 January, 2012.The morning service will depart from Brisbane at 5.45am and arrive in Emerald at 7.40am.... 

Tiger Airways returns to Brisbane commencing with a daily return afternoon flight from Melbourne which, as of early next week, will be joined by an additional return morning service between Melbourne and Brisbane. Complimenting the return to Queensland skies, is a Tiger Airways Stripes’ member-only... 

LAN Airlines launch temporary flight schedule between Australia and Chile until next Monday, 27 June, in response to continuing uncertainty about the volcanic ash cloud in New Zealand airspace.From now until Monday, 27 June, LAN will suspend flight LA 800, its daily Sydney-Auckland-Santiago service.Instead,... 

PAL resumed regular flight service to Australia resumed on Wednesday following a single cancelation on Tuesday due to volcanic ash that enveloped the skies near Melbourne.PAL PR 211 Manila-Sydney-Melbourne took off at 9:20 a.m. using a PAL Airbus A340 aircraft. Its 140 passengers include those supposed... 

Qatar Airways is looking to add a second Australian city to its current Melbourne-only schedule, but says that Sydney Airport’s high cost and nightly curfew weigh against it.Speaking with AAP’s Jordan Chong, Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al-Baker talked up the strong yields and fewer restrictions... 

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, this week celebrates its fifth anniversary of non-stop services between Abu Dhabi and Casablanca with the announcement that it will increase capacity on the route by adding a fifth weekly flight.The airline commenced its operation to the... 

China Southern, the Guangzhou-based airline that’s the largest in Asia and the fifth largest in the world, is set to fly to Perth later this year, Australian Business Traveller has learned.It’s a key business route, with Western Australia’s Deputy Premier Kim Hames highlighting that... 

Emirates is adding a third daily flight to its Sydney-Dubai route so travellers can make faster connections to Europe, an airline spokesperson confirmed to Australian Business Traveller today.The early-morning flight EK415  is specifically scheduled to arrive into Dubai at 1330 for same-day connections... 

Virgin Blue continues to pursue its international ambitions with a new agreement to share flights between its international arm V Australia and US carrier Delta.Under the codeshare arrangement, passengers on V Australia will be able to book and transfer onto connecting Delta flights from Los Angeles... 

Qantas Airways Ltd says improvements to infrastructure in the Japanese capital mean it will be able to resume direct flights from Sydney to Tokyo Narita on Tuesday.The Flying Kangaroo has operated its Sydney-Narita flights via Hong Kong following the Japanese earthquake and tsunami last month.This avoided...