Cebu Pacific plans to begin a thrice-weekly Manila-Melbourne service on 14 August.
The low-cost carrier will deploy Airbus A330-300s on the route.
FlightGlobal schedules show that the airline will compete with Philippine Airlines between the two cities.
Melbourne is Cebu Pacific's second Australian destination after Sydney, which it flies to five-times per week.
Source: Cirium Dashboard
Japan Airlines reported an increase in its second-quarter earnings, amid an uplift in revenue across its business units and despite a rise in operating costs.
HAECO and Comac have signed a memorandum of understanding to expand airframe, engine and component MRO services.
ANA Holdings has maintained its full-year earnings forecast amid strong inbound and domestic passenger travel demand, even as its half-year profit slipped.
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has tentatively awarded 10 hotly contested slots for long-distance domestic flights out of Ronald Reagan National airport in Washington, DC.
British Airways has pushed back its planned return to Kuala Lumpur until April as part of a trimming of its winter long-haul flight programme due to delivery delays particularly impacting its Rolls-Royce Trent 1000-powered Boeing 787s.
Delta Air Lines plans next summer to resume flights from Los Angeles to Shanghai and to launch a route from Minneapolis to Copenhagen, part of the airline’s broader network shuffle.
