Following today’s inaugural service, Turkish Airlines will now offer three weekly flights to Melbourne, the capital of Victoria State, the only European airline to serve the city. The flag carrier will operate flights to Melbourne from its home hub in Istanbul, via Singapore Changi Internationa...

Swissport has been appointed as ground services partner for Singapore Airlines at the major Australian airports of Melbourne and Brisbane. Swissport will provide full ramp handling and passenger services for a growing flight schedule which currently includes four daily flights in Melbourne and th...

Emirates has announced the second daily flight on its Dubai-Melbourne route, served by its flagship A380 aircraft. Starting 1 May, the airline will offer customers fourteen weekly services from Dubai to Melbourne. The expansion of services is supported by the Victorian Government to help fast-...

Swissport Australia has been appointed preferred ground services partner for Qantas in Sydney (SYD), Melbourne (MEL) and Canberra (CBR). Qantas` outsourcing review focussed on safety, operational performance, cost, experience and financial viability and involved ramp services and fleet presentation ...

Effective 10 June, Etihad Airways will link 20 cities in Europe, Asia and Australia via Abu Dhabi. The new transfer services will make it possible for those travelling on the airline’s current network of special flights to connect easily through the UAE capital onwards to key global destinat...

Air Vanuatu today announced that it has selected its long-term codeshare partner Qantas to provide Ground Handling Services at Sydney International Airport, effective Friday 28th February 2020. This extension of the two airlines’ partnership means Qantas will now staff passenger and ramp han...

The longest flights ever in the annals of Israel’s aviation industry will be carried out as part of a commercial trial, between the periods of April and May, 2020, for regular operations between Tel Aviv and Melbourne. EL AL Vice President Commercial and Industry Affairs Michael Strassburger,Â...

The first Qantas Dreamliner service from Australia to Hong Kong took off today (13 December) marking the first connection in Asia to be served by the airline’s Boeing 787-9. QF29 pushed back from Melbourne just after 10.00h this morning and is scheduled to arrive in Hong Kong at 16.15h (all loc...