Australia

100 years after the first Australia to UK flight, what impact would a direct London-Sydney flight have on Qantas' network?

The two airlines are seeking approval to cooperate on services between Australia and the UK and Ireland via mutual connection points. The partnership could result in the launch of new international routes.

Regulators in Australia have rejected Qantas and Cathay Pacific’s plans to deepen their codeshare arrangements on Australia-Hong Kong routes.

Low-cost carrier Jetstar is moving into the growing but underserved Australia - South Korea market, sensing an opportunity to stimulate further two-way demand between the countries with its lower fares.

With Australia facing an influx of inbound visitors, its airports are jostling for pole position

With World Routes 2019 set to take place in the Adelaide, Routesonline shines a spotlight on Australia's growing international market.

Qantas’ recent launch of a non-stop route from London to Perth is shaking up the Australian aviation scene – and the airline is busy building on its success.

Australia’s flag carrier Qantas is looking to grow its international network with an order for six additional Dreamliners as it accelerates the retirement of its last six Boeing 747s.

A seven-year alliance between Air New Zealand and Virgin Australia on trans-Tasman routes is to end later this year amid changing "market dynamics".

Newcastle Airport is set to become New South Wales' second international airport and is targeting services to Fiji, New Zealand and beyond.

Routesonline provides a snapshot of Australia’s leading international airlines and airports, as well as the most used aircraft types on international flights.

Qantas Group has converted 18 A321neo orders to the A321neoLR, which will be used by its low-cost carrier Jetstar.

Key markets in the Asia Pacific region are helping to drive growth for Brisbane and the city is eyeing new international connections to China, Japan and India when Routes Asia 2018 lands in March.

The Australian state of Victoria is to get its second international airport after AirAsia confirmed plans to switch its operations from Melbourne Airport to Avalon Airport.

Routesonline looks at the sharp rise in international capacity to/from Australia, fuelled by growing capacity from New Zealand, China, United Arab Emirates and Qatar.

Brisbane, the host of Routes Asia 2018, has secured the return of Oneworld alliance member Malaysia Airlines with direct flights to Kuala Lumpur.

Routes Asia 2018, the only route development forum for the Asia-Pacific region, is taking place in Brisbane from 18-20 March 2018. Routesonline takes a look at some of the key statistics shaping the market.

Qantas has called on Airbus and Boeing to conquer the "last frontier in global aviation" by developing an aircraft that can fly non-stop from Sydney to London.

Qantas' return to Osaka after almost two decades comes as the Australian carrier continues to increase its services to Japan.

February international passenger demand rose 5.8 per cent compared to February 2016, which was down compared to the 9.1 per cent yearly increase recorded in January. Adjusting for the leap year, however, growth actually accelerated slightly compared to January. Total capacity climbed 3.4 per cent, and load factor rose 1.8 percentage points to 78.4 per cent.

Both Japanese and Australian air travellers are flying in greater numbers again when compared with last year, according to the latest data from ForwardKeys which analyses 16 million booking transactions a day. The figures show that from January to mid-March this year total Japanese outbound travel was up 4.1 per cent when compared to 2016 – an encouraging sign for the rest of 2017.

There are differing views over the value of alliances to the world’s airlines and an increasing view that traditional global airline groupings are no longer the best fit for the changing structure of the sector.

Growing international trade and improved connectivity are lifting Australia into the ascendant among the general rise of the Pacific nations.

Latest data from the organisation’s membership shows global passenger traffic grew 7.3 per cent in December 2016 and 5.5 per cent for the year as a whole. All regions except Africa posted growth in passenger volumes for the year, ranging from 2.2 per cent in the recessionary Latin America-Caribbean region to over 9.0 per cent in the buoyant Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions.

14 years after the final flight of the iconic Concorde, Boom is working to bring supersonic travel back to commercial networks. We spoke to founder and CEO Blake Scholl to hear what impact he believes his business’ aircraft can have on global route development.