VH-X4F, which touched down in Canberra on 3 April, is the sixth A220 in the Qantas fleet, and flew passengers for the first time as QF1271 from Canberra to Melbourne on Monday.

with the A220 deployment deferred to 26-Oct-2025 1. The airline's broader expansion in the Northern Territory in 2025 included a significant capacity increase, with Qantas and Jetstar adding over ...

Qantas said it was expecting an annual (circa) $9 million earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation per A220 compared to the Boeing 717s being replaced, once the fleet reached scale ...

Modern airliners like the A220 or Boeing 737 can cost $30–50 million ... Lewis Hamilton takes brilliant Chinese GP sprint pole Jetstar’s insane $54 sale to Aussie hotspot Gold price goes ...

Narrowbody fleet developments are moving more quickly - with Airbus A220 deliveries under way and A321XLRs deliveries ... used to augment the widebody fleet on international routes. When Jetstar takes ...

In total, 28 Airbus 321XLRs are on order, as well as 29 narrow-body short-haul A220-300s. The introduction of the XLRs follows the ongoing refresh of Jetstar’s fleet, which now includes 21 new ...

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Jetstar's A320-200s are 14.1 years old ... The strain forced Bombardier to sell the CSeries to Airbus (where it is now called the A220), and it then divested of its former de Havilland Canada regional ...

A Jetstar flight heading to Melbourne, Australia, from Bali overnight was forced to turn around after a “nightmare” situation unfolded when a passenger tried to open the aircraft door.

On a recent day in Toulouse, France, where Airbus-built planes are given final checks before being delivered to airlines, a senior Jetstar manager revealed the fleet was undergoing a subtle change.

A Jetstar passenger who terrified fellow travellers when she tried to open a plane door mid-flight has quietly returned to Australia. The woman caused chaos onboard flight JQ34 from Melbourne to ...