ACI Asia-Pacific & Middle East has called on the Australian Government to reinvest revenue from the increased Passenger Movement Charge into aviation infrastructure, digital border technologies, and passenger experience improvements. The association highlighted the broader economic importance of affordable air travel and warned that higher aviation taxes could impact tourism, connectivity, and competitiveness.
The service is initially operating three times per week on Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays before increasing to four times a week during the peak holiday season starting on 14 December.
The anniversary coincides with the launch of Jetstar’s new daily Christchurch - Hamilton service, which takes off today with a celebratory event in the terminal, including a spectacular water-arch welcome for the first flight.
Mangaluru International Airport will enable connectivity to Mumbai with the operationalisation of India’s newest greenfield airport – Navi Mumbai International Airport from 25 December 2025. IndiGo will commence a daily direct service between Mangaluru and Navi Mumbai starting Christmas Day. With this, the Mangalore (IXE) – Mumbai (NMI) route will offer travellers the choice of five daily flights – four operated by IndiGo and the other by Air India Express.
Within weeks of Newcastle Airport’s inaugural flight to Bali, Jetstar has responded to exceptionally high demand from across the Hunter region by adding a fourth weekly service to the route and enabling travellers to continue through to Singapore, creating a new international gateway for the Hunter, Central Coast and Mid North Coast.
South Islanders gain direct route to paradise with new Christchurch, Rarotonga flights.
Christchurch Airport is gearing up for a record-breaking international summer season, with international capacity soaring 15% above last year and exceeding pre-Covid levels.
Christchurch Airport celebrated the arrival of Air New Zealand’s inaugural flight from Adelaide today, marking a new chapter in connectivity between the South Island and South Australia.
On Monday 27 October, 2025, Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) welcomed the inaugural flight of Eurowings – the value airline of Lufthansa Group – launching a direct route between Stuttgart, Germany and Amman, Jordan. This new route, a first for both the airline and the destination, will operate once weekly, with frequency increasing to twice weekly starting December 2025.
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