FLIGHT FRENZY: Airfares for $199 part of epic WA sale
More than 4000 discounted airfares will be for sale, including $199 one-way flights from Perth to Broome via Virgin Australia, in a bid to encourage Perth families to make up the shortfall from international tourists who have been forced to cancel bookings.
'Broome is one of WA's most iconic and beloved destinations and these additional discounted flights will drive even more visitors to the Kimberley, providing a much needed tourism boost,' Tourism Minister Reece Whitby said.
'While it was disappointing that the Jetstar Asia Broome to Singapore flights were cancelled, we're reinforcing our commitment to enhancing our State's regional connections.
'I encourage anyone thinking of heading to Broome to make that booking a reality to enjoy the fantastic Kimberley region of our State.'
The rescue package is being funded out of the $75 million Aviation Recovery Fund and is on top of 16,400 discounted airfares already funded out of the Budget's $3 million Affordable Airfares Program.
Regional intrastate flights by Nexus Airlines will be discounted too, with $399 fares one-way from Geraldton, $299 from Karratha and $199 from Port Hedland.
'The Cook Government is proud to support the region's tourism industry,' Minister for the Kimberley Stephen Dawson said.
'Not only are these discounted airfares and experiences a win for visitors to the region but it's also a win for regional businesses and tour operators.'
Broome's only international route was axed in June, when Qantas scrapped its Singapore-based Jetstar Asia offshoot to instead bring 13 Airbus A320 aircraft jets back to Australia, to use on more profitable domestic and trans-Tasman operations.
Premier Roger Cook has vowed to try to restore the service but, so far, Qantas and Jetstar Australian management have baulked, claiming the Broome to Singapore flights were barely half-full.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
The Advertiser
6 hours ago
- The Advertiser
Air India Express warned about checks, forged records
India's aviation watchdog reprimanded Air India's budget carrier in March for not timely changing engine parts of an Airbus A320 as directed by the European Union's aviation safety agency, and falsifying records to show compliance, a government memo showed. Air India Express told Reuters it acknowledged the error to the Indian watchdog and undertook "remedial action and preventive measures". Reacting to the Reuters story on Friday, the EU agency said it will investigate the matter. Air India has been under intense scrutiny since the June Boeing Dreamliner crash in Ahmedabad which killed all but one of the 242 people onboard. The world's worst aviation disaster in a decade is still being investigated. The engine issue in the Air India Express' Airbus was raised on March 18, months before the crash. But the regulator has this year also warned parent Air India for breaching rules for flying three Airbus planes with overdue checks on escape slides, and in June warned it about "serious violations" of pilot duty timings. Air India Express is a subsidiary of Air India, which is owned by the Tata Group. It has more than 115 aircraft and flies to more than 50 destinations, with 500 daily flights. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency in 2023 issued an airworthiness directive to address a "potential unsafe condition" on CFM International LEAP-1A engines, asking for replacement of some components such as engine seals and rotating parts, saying some manufacturing deficiencies had been found. The agency's directive said "this condition, if not corrected, could lead to failure of affected parts, possibly resulting in high energy debris release, with consequent damage to, and reduced control of, the aeroplane". The Indian government's confidential memo in March sent to the airline, seen by Reuters, said that surveillance by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) revealed the parts modification "was not complied" on an engine of an Airbus A320 "within the prescribed time limit". "In order to show that the work has been carried out within the prescribed limits, the AMOS records have apparently been altered/forged," the memo added, referring to the Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering Operating System software used by airlines to manage maintenance and airworthiness. The mandatory modification was required on Air India Express' VT-ATD plane, the memo added. That plane typically flies on domestic routes and some international destinations such as Dubai and Muscat, according to the AirNav Radar website. The lapse "indicates that the accountable manager has failed to ensure quality control," it added. Air India Express told Reuters its technical team missed the scheduled implementation date for parts replacement due to the migration of records on its monitoring software, and fixed the problem soon after it was identified. India's aviation watchdog reprimanded Air India's budget carrier in March for not timely changing engine parts of an Airbus A320 as directed by the European Union's aviation safety agency, and falsifying records to show compliance, a government memo showed. Air India Express told Reuters it acknowledged the error to the Indian watchdog and undertook "remedial action and preventive measures". Reacting to the Reuters story on Friday, the EU agency said it will investigate the matter. Air India has been under intense scrutiny since the June Boeing Dreamliner crash in Ahmedabad which killed all but one of the 242 people onboard. The world's worst aviation disaster in a decade is still being investigated. The engine issue in the Air India Express' Airbus was raised on March 18, months before the crash. But the regulator has this year also warned parent Air India for breaching rules for flying three Airbus planes with overdue checks on escape slides, and in June warned it about "serious violations" of pilot duty timings. Air India Express is a subsidiary of Air India, which is owned by the Tata Group. It has more than 115 aircraft and flies to more than 50 destinations, with 500 daily flights. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency in 2023 issued an airworthiness directive to address a "potential unsafe condition" on CFM International LEAP-1A engines, asking for replacement of some components such as engine seals and rotating parts, saying some manufacturing deficiencies had been found. The agency's directive said "this condition, if not corrected, could lead to failure of affected parts, possibly resulting in high energy debris release, with consequent damage to, and reduced control of, the aeroplane". The Indian government's confidential memo in March sent to the airline, seen by Reuters, said that surveillance by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) revealed the parts modification "was not complied" on an engine of an Airbus A320 "within the prescribed time limit". "In order to show that the work has been carried out within the prescribed limits, the AMOS records have apparently been altered/forged," the memo added, referring to the Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering Operating System software used by airlines to manage maintenance and airworthiness. The mandatory modification was required on Air India Express' VT-ATD plane, the memo added. That plane typically flies on domestic routes and some international destinations such as Dubai and Muscat, according to the AirNav Radar website. The lapse "indicates that the accountable manager has failed to ensure quality control," it added. Air India Express told Reuters its technical team missed the scheduled implementation date for parts replacement due to the migration of records on its monitoring software, and fixed the problem soon after it was identified. India's aviation watchdog reprimanded Air India's budget carrier in March for not timely changing engine parts of an Airbus A320 as directed by the European Union's aviation safety agency, and falsifying records to show compliance, a government memo showed. Air India Express told Reuters it acknowledged the error to the Indian watchdog and undertook "remedial action and preventive measures". Reacting to the Reuters story on Friday, the EU agency said it will investigate the matter. Air India has been under intense scrutiny since the June Boeing Dreamliner crash in Ahmedabad which killed all but one of the 242 people onboard. The world's worst aviation disaster in a decade is still being investigated. The engine issue in the Air India Express' Airbus was raised on March 18, months before the crash. But the regulator has this year also warned parent Air India for breaching rules for flying three Airbus planes with overdue checks on escape slides, and in June warned it about "serious violations" of pilot duty timings. Air India Express is a subsidiary of Air India, which is owned by the Tata Group. It has more than 115 aircraft and flies to more than 50 destinations, with 500 daily flights. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency in 2023 issued an airworthiness directive to address a "potential unsafe condition" on CFM International LEAP-1A engines, asking for replacement of some components such as engine seals and rotating parts, saying some manufacturing deficiencies had been found. The agency's directive said "this condition, if not corrected, could lead to failure of affected parts, possibly resulting in high energy debris release, with consequent damage to, and reduced control of, the aeroplane". The Indian government's confidential memo in March sent to the airline, seen by Reuters, said that surveillance by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) revealed the parts modification "was not complied" on an engine of an Airbus A320 "within the prescribed time limit". "In order to show that the work has been carried out within the prescribed limits, the AMOS records have apparently been altered/forged," the memo added, referring to the Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering Operating System software used by airlines to manage maintenance and airworthiness. The mandatory modification was required on Air India Express' VT-ATD plane, the memo added. That plane typically flies on domestic routes and some international destinations such as Dubai and Muscat, according to the AirNav Radar website. The lapse "indicates that the accountable manager has failed to ensure quality control," it added. Air India Express told Reuters its technical team missed the scheduled implementation date for parts replacement due to the migration of records on its monitoring software, and fixed the problem soon after it was identified. India's aviation watchdog reprimanded Air India's budget carrier in March for not timely changing engine parts of an Airbus A320 as directed by the European Union's aviation safety agency, and falsifying records to show compliance, a government memo showed. Air India Express told Reuters it acknowledged the error to the Indian watchdog and undertook "remedial action and preventive measures". Reacting to the Reuters story on Friday, the EU agency said it will investigate the matter. Air India has been under intense scrutiny since the June Boeing Dreamliner crash in Ahmedabad which killed all but one of the 242 people onboard. The world's worst aviation disaster in a decade is still being investigated. The engine issue in the Air India Express' Airbus was raised on March 18, months before the crash. But the regulator has this year also warned parent Air India for breaching rules for flying three Airbus planes with overdue checks on escape slides, and in June warned it about "serious violations" of pilot duty timings. Air India Express is a subsidiary of Air India, which is owned by the Tata Group. It has more than 115 aircraft and flies to more than 50 destinations, with 500 daily flights. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency in 2023 issued an airworthiness directive to address a "potential unsafe condition" on CFM International LEAP-1A engines, asking for replacement of some components such as engine seals and rotating parts, saying some manufacturing deficiencies had been found. The agency's directive said "this condition, if not corrected, could lead to failure of affected parts, possibly resulting in high energy debris release, with consequent damage to, and reduced control of, the aeroplane". The Indian government's confidential memo in March sent to the airline, seen by Reuters, said that surveillance by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) revealed the parts modification "was not complied" on an engine of an Airbus A320 "within the prescribed time limit". "In order to show that the work has been carried out within the prescribed limits, the AMOS records have apparently been altered/forged," the memo added, referring to the Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering Operating System software used by airlines to manage maintenance and airworthiness. The mandatory modification was required on Air India Express' VT-ATD plane, the memo added. That plane typically flies on domestic routes and some international destinations such as Dubai and Muscat, according to the AirNav Radar website. The lapse "indicates that the accountable manager has failed to ensure quality control," it added. Air India Express told Reuters its technical team missed the scheduled implementation date for parts replacement due to the migration of records on its monitoring software, and fixed the problem soon after it was identified.
West Australian
6 hours ago
- West Australian
Flights from Perth on sale for $199 as State Government intervenes to boost Kimberley tourism
Local flights are being discounted to support the Kimberley's tourism industry in the wake of Jetstar Asia's collapse. More than 4000 discounted airfares will be for sale, including $199 one-way flights from Perth to Broome via Virgin Australia, in a bid to encourage Perth families to make up the shortfall from international tourists who have been forced to cancel bookings. 'Broome is one of WA's most iconic and beloved destinations and these additional discounted flights will drive even more visitors to the Kimberley, providing a much needed tourism boost,' Tourism Minister Reece Whitby said. 'While it was disappointing that the Jetstar Asia Broome to Singapore flights were cancelled, we're reinforcing our commitment to enhancing our State's regional connections. 'I encourage anyone thinking of heading to Broome to make that booking a reality to enjoy the fantastic Kimberley region of our State.' The rescue package is being funded out of the $75 million Aviation Recovery Fund and is on top of 16,400 discounted airfares already funded out of the Budget's $3 million Affordable Airfares Program. Regional intrastate flights by Nexus Airlines will be discounted too, with $399 fares one-way from Geraldton, $299 from Karratha and $199 from Port Hedland. 'The Cook Government is proud to support the region's tourism industry,' Minister for the Kimberley Stephen Dawson said. 'Not only are these discounted airfares and experiences a win for visitors to the region but it's also a win for regional businesses and tour operators.' Broome's only international route was axed in June, when Qantas scrapped its Singapore-based Jetstar Asia offshoot to instead bring 13 Airbus A320 aircraft jets back to Australia, to use on more profitable domestic and trans-Tasman operations. Premier Roger Cook has vowed to try to restore the service but, so far, Qantas and Jetstar Australian management have baulked, claiming the Broome to Singapore flights were barely half-full.
Perth Now
6 hours ago
- Perth Now
FLIGHT FRENZY: Airfares for $199 part of epic WA sale
Local flights are being discounted to support the Kimberley's tourism industry in the wake of Jetstar Asia's collapse. More than 4000 discounted airfares will be for sale, including $199 one-way flights from Perth to Broome via Virgin Australia, in a bid to encourage Perth families to make up the shortfall from international tourists who have been forced to cancel bookings. 'Broome is one of WA's most iconic and beloved destinations and these additional discounted flights will drive even more visitors to the Kimberley, providing a much needed tourism boost,' Tourism Minister Reece Whitby said. 'While it was disappointing that the Jetstar Asia Broome to Singapore flights were cancelled, we're reinforcing our commitment to enhancing our State's regional connections. 'I encourage anyone thinking of heading to Broome to make that booking a reality to enjoy the fantastic Kimberley region of our State.' The rescue package is being funded out of the $75 million Aviation Recovery Fund and is on top of 16,400 discounted airfares already funded out of the Budget's $3 million Affordable Airfares Program. Regional intrastate flights by Nexus Airlines will be discounted too, with $399 fares one-way from Geraldton, $299 from Karratha and $199 from Port Hedland. 'The Cook Government is proud to support the region's tourism industry,' Minister for the Kimberley Stephen Dawson said. 'Not only are these discounted airfares and experiences a win for visitors to the region but it's also a win for regional businesses and tour operators.' Broome's only international route was axed in June, when Qantas scrapped its Singapore-based Jetstar Asia offshoot to instead bring 13 Airbus A320 aircraft jets back to Australia, to use on more profitable domestic and trans-Tasman operations. Premier Roger Cook has vowed to try to restore the service but, so far, Qantas and Jetstar Australian management have baulked, claiming the Broome to Singapore flights were barely half-full.
