Perth Airport

Western Australia’s newly appointed Tourism Minister Reece Whitby used his first formal speech in office to promote Perth as a rising global aviation hub.

Perth and Guangzhou Baiyun airports have signed an agreement that aims to drive connectivity and passenger volume between the two airports' catchment areas.

Perth Airport is ramping up efforts to secure new routes to China, India and South Korea, as it CEO highlights its expansion push ahead of Routes Asia 2025.

TransNusa is launching a new scheduled service between Bali and Guangzhou, becoming the first Indonesian airline to operate the route.

Juneyao Air will make Melbourne and Sydney its first destinations in Australia from December.

Qantas is temporarily suspending its nonstop flights from Perth to London due to escalating tensions in the Middle East, prompting the carrier to change its flightpath.

Qantas’ new route to the French capital has become the third farthest in the airline’s network.

Qantas and Perth Airport have sealed a multi-billion-dollar agreement that could pave the way for ultra-long-haul routes from the Western Australia gateway.

Routes Asia 2025 co-host Perth Airport enjoyed a robust recovery in 2023, and the momentum has continued into this year.

The latest airline route news, featuring network changes, schedule alterations, codeshares and interline agreements.

Perth will become South African Airways’ second intercontinental destination since the carrier exited a business rescue process.

A formal announcement has been made at CAPA World Aviation Summit confirming that Routes Asia 2025 will take place in Perth, Australia from 25th-27th March.

The latest addition to Vietjet's Australian schedule will be a route from Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City to Perth, continuing on to Adelaide.

Ho Chi Minh City-Perth is currently unserved, but will have two operators by the end of the year.

Vietnamese LCC Vietjet is growing in Australia and India with new routes to Perth and Tiruchirappalli.

Qantas' seasonal service between Perth and Rome Fiumicino marks the third international service the airline is operating from the Western Australia capital.

The awards are highly regarded in the aviation industry for recognising marketing services that support new and existing air services, as well as excellence and innovation in the route development community.

This year’s edition of the event in Chiang Mai will see the return of the Awards ceremony dedicated to recognising excellence in route development across Asia Pacific's airlines, airports and destinations.

The Japanese airline is also restarting Perth flights.

Almost 10 years after last serving Perth, the carrier will return to the Australian city from next March.

The carrier is additionally connecting to Auckland via Sydney.

Airbus A380s from Emirates and Qatar Airways are set to return to PER in December.

The airline says added capacity to Australia boosts its partnership with Virgin Australia.

The codeshare with the Greek carrier comes as Emirates plans to launch Airbus A380 flights to Bengaluru for the first time and reintroduce the aircraft on its route to Perth.

The Oneworld alliance member is opening two new international routes from Perth, Australia, but plans to make reductions to its domestic operations in the face of high fuel prices.