Mid January saw the outbreak of Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCov), with its source being the Hubei province in China. The epicentre, capital city of the Hubei province, Wuhan was sent into lockdown in late January in an attempt to contain the deadly virus. At the time of writing there are more than 14,000 cases of the… Read more

The flag carrier of the Philippines is set to resume services to Perth. Philippine Airlines last operated to Perth via Darwin briefly during 2013. The airline plans to operate a non-stop service between Manila and Perth from late March, 2020. The route is set to be operated by the airline’s Airbus A321neo, long range configuration.… Read more

Qantas plans to streamline their flight numbers throughout their network. These changes impact Qantas’ interstate services from Perth, with Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Darwin, and Canberra services changed. At this stage, Sydney services remain unchanged. The following are the new flight numbers, day of operation, aircraft, and scheduled time of arrival/departure. Effective 29/03/20 Inbound Flights: Melbourne… Read more

Today marked the first day of operations for Garuda Indonesia’s low cost subsidiary to Perth. This flight becomes the 9th daily flight between the Western Australia capital and the holiday island of Bali/Denpasar. The inaugural flight was operated by an Airbus A320-251neo, PK-GTI. The aircraft was 1.3 years old and is configured in a 1-class… Read more

China’s second largest airline today has announced that it will trial flights between Shanghai and Perth. The trial flights are set to begin on the 15th of January 2020, and will continue for 5 weeks until the 17th of February. The flight is set to be operated on a 3 weekly basis, operating on Monday,… Read more

A new “pay per use lounge” is to open up in Terminal 1 during 2020, connected to the international departures area – airside. The lounge will act as a “premium departures lounge” for passengers travelling on international flights departing from Terminal 1. The lounge will join a chain of lounges around the world which fall… Read more

Currently, the older single headed air bridges at terminal 1 have a series of stairs leading down to them. These are the original stairs from the terminal’s opening in 1986. Over the next few years, these steps will be replaced by ramps and lifts to improve passenger’s experience. Additionally, the single headed air bridges will… Read more

From the 1st September 2019, All Nippon Airways will be servicing Perth daily using their Boeing 787-8. NH881 will depart Tokyo Narita airport at 1110 to arrive into Perth at 2015, with the outbound flight, NH882, departing Perth at 2145 to arrive home at 0825 the following day. Flight time will be around 10 hours… Read more