V Australia launched new service for air travel to Australia with its inaugural Melbourne – Los Angeles flight on December 2.  The twice weekly flights, departing from LAX on Tuesday and Sunday evenings and returning from Melbourne on Tuesday and Saturday mornings, will provide a fresh alternative to both vacationers and business travelers headed to [...]

As a result of high oil prices and the economic slow down, Qantas announced cuts to 1,500 jobs worldwide and a halt to its expansion plans on air travel to Australia. Its previously forecast capacity growth has been reduced from eight-percent to zero.
Among the planned cuts are closure of the call centers in [...]

Air travel to Australia is available for sale on the new Qantas A380 aircraft on selected flights from Melbourne and Sydney to Los Angeles for travel beginning at the end of October 2008.  Qantas is promoting the A380, the world’s largest aircraft, to passengers seeking enhanced comfort and sense [...]