Here’s our weekly roundup of new air routes and codeshare partnerships
Vietjet expands Vietnam-India connectivity
Vietjet will expand its presence in India with direct flights connecting Danang with Ahmedabad.
This service will commence on October 23 with two round-trip flights per week, flying every Wednesday and Saturday.
Vietjet currently operates eight routes with 60 flights per week from New Delhi, Mumbai, Kochi, and Ahmedabad to Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and Danang.
Air Astana to commence new winter services to Dubai, Abu Dhabi
Air Astana will be introducing three new services – from Atyrau in western Kazakhstan to Dubai on October 26, from Astana to Abu Dhabi on October 30, and from Almaty to Abu Dhabi on December 12.
Each of the services will be operated twice a week using Airbus A321neo and Airbus A321LR aircraft.
These new winter season services to the Middle East will add to the existing 20 services a week from Almaty and Astana to Dubai and six services a week from Almaty and Shymkent to Saudi Arabia.
China Southern Airlines launches direct Guangzhou-Adelaide flights
China Southern Airlines will once again link Adelaide in Australia with Guangzhou province on China’s southern coast from December 12, with three flights a week on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.
The China airline previously ran the route from December 2016, but shelved it in March 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The services will be operated on Boeing Dreamliner 787-8s and together provide an extra 798 seats to the Middle Kingdom each week.
Jetstar to connect Gold Coast with two New Zealand cities
Queensland Airports and Qantas Group have partnered to connect the city of Gold Coast to New Zealand, with Jetstar to operate services from Gold Coast Airport to Hamilton and Dunedin three times each week from June 2025.
The two new routes build on Gold Coast Airport’s existing New Zealand connections to Auckland, Wellington, Queenstown and Christchurch.
