The Airports Council International Asia-Pacific & Middle East (ACI APAC & MID), the trade group representing over 600 airports across 44 countries and territories, today released its Travel Retail Study in the Post-Pandemic Era, revealing a fundamental shift in airport retail dynamics. The study points out that younger travelers are now driving spend, while passenger behaviour, rather than sheer traffic volumes, has become the defining factor of airport travel retail performance.
For the first time, travellers across the Hunter region will depart their local airport bound for Singapore, with the inaugural Jetstar flight taking off from Newcastle Airport at 9:40am today.
Kansai Airports expects that international scheduled flights in the 2026 summer schedule (S26) will average 1,399.8 flights per week, comprising 1,202.8 passenger flights and 197.0 cargo flights. International passenger flights overall are projected to decline by 17% compared with the 2025 summer schedule (S25), mainly due to a sharp drop in services to mainland China (–70% vs S25) resulting from supply constraints.
Christchurch New Zealand Monday 2 March 2026. Christchurch Airport continues to grow its Australian network, with Jetstar confirming new seasonal direct flights between Christchurch and Perth from October 2026 to March 2027.
Jetstar Japan (IATA code: GK) will launch a new flight operation on the Narita-Hong Kong route on February 13, 2026!
Travellers will soon have non-stop flights between Auckland and Bangkok, with Thai Airways planning to relaunch direct daily services in the second half of 2026.
Thai Vietjet Air (IATA code: VZ) will launch a new Narita-Bangkok (Suvarnabhumi) daily non stop flight service on February 2,2026. The flight is planned to be operated by the new generation Boeing737 MAX8, allowing travelers to experience acomfortable air journey on the latest state-of-the-art air craft at an affordable price.
Perth Airport has welcomed the announcement that TransNusa will increase its frequency from 17 to 21 flights per week between Perth and Bali, from July.
Kansai Airports is pleased to announce that Thai VietJet (VZ) will commence direct flight operations on the Kansai-Bangkok route on 3 February 2026.
Christchurch, New Zealand – South Island travellers will soon be able to swap winter woollies for tropical sunshine, with Solomon Airlines launching a new direct service from Christchurch to Port Vila (Vanuatu) from 1 July 2026.
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