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May 2025

April 2025

Chart of the week #23: How the point of departure of US-Australia flights has & hasn't changed over time
Earlier this month, United Airlines announced a new seasonal service between San Fransisco and Adelaide, starting in December 2025.
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Why Qantas can't just switch Melbourne twice daily A330 to once daily A380?
In the ongoing debate of where Qantas is likely to schedule the three returning A380s over the coming year, several followers on social media have…
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Could the delay in Qantas's Narita → Haneda switch be because they're planning to deploy the A380?
Australia and Japan have an open skies agreement that allows for unlimited capacity between the countries.
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Qantas's Project Sunrise: Heathrow slots & Sydney curfew
Project Sunrise has been in the news again with Qantas updating us on their plans to start non-stop flights from Sydney to London and New York.
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March 2025

Mabuhay! Jetstar's Philippine surprise
Jetstar surprised all and sundry last week with an application to the IASC for traffic rights for new flights to the Philippines starting in November…
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How do Emirates, Etihad, Ethiopian, Qatar & Turkish's hubs stack up?
A snapshot of Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Addis Ababa, Doha & Istanbul's connecting banks
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Chart of the week #22: Where Australians traveled in 2024
Now that we’re well into 2025 we’re starting to get the final data updates completing the 2024 calendar year.
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Technical Thread #3: The A380s "cargo weakness"
We’re introducing a new feature to Analytic Flying called “Technical Threads” which analyses niche technical topics in a much shorter and to the point…
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Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the longest of them all?
Every few months, a graphic or blog post goes around social media showing the world’s longest flights.
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Chart of the week #21: Australian domestic airline market share
With the publication of the February edition of the ACCC’s Domestic airline competition monitoring report we got the final instalment of 2024’s domestic…
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February 2025

Why airlines aren't supermarkets & why investing in a new airline in Australia is stupid
And what would change our mind!
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Chart of the week #19: The Rise and Rise of Jetstar
With Qantas’s half year results due 27 February we thought we’d remind everyone just how important Jetstar has become to the Qantas Group.
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Australia-India route seasonality: how Air India & Qantas approach seasonality with differing strategies
Last week, Air India announced the temporary/seasonal suspension of their 3x weekly Mumbai-Melbourne flight that they inaugurated in December 2023.
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Just how bad is Air New Zealand's long haul aircraft shortage?
Air New Zealand have had a torrid time of late.
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January 2025

Chart of the week #18: What's behind the recent Qantas Frequent Flyer changes?
Last week Qantas announced changes to the Qantas Frequent Flyer programme.
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What to expect from Qantas and Jetstar in 2025?
Enjoying the steady state, while preparing for the future
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Chart of the week #17: Qantas Group international capacity finally reaches pre-pandemic level
Much has been discussed regarding international airline capacity to/from Australia in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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What to expect from Virgin Australia in 2025?
Boeing delays and Qatar opportunities
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December 2024

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