Singapore Airlines, the government-owned national airline of Singapore, has started daily fights between Changi Airport in Singapore and Melbourne Airport in Australia using the Airbus A380 Superjumbo aircraft.

V Australia, the long-haul subsidiary airline of Virgin Blue, is planning new flights from cities in Australia to Phuket, the famed beach resort in Thailand, Johannesburg in South Africa, Los Angeles in the United States, and Fiji.

The Singapore-based Tiger Airways will start four new flights between state capitals Sydney and Melbourne, from July 3, 2009.

Emirates Airline has stepped up its presence in Australia with the introduction of a second daily service to Brisbane and a third daily service to Melbourne.

Qantas Airways, the national airline of Australia and the nation’s largest carrier, launched commercial service of its new Airbus A380 Superjumbo, the world’s largest passenger airliner, on October 20, 2008.

Qantas Airways, the national airline of Australia, has taken delivery of the first of its Airbus A380 Superjumbo from Toulouse, France.

Qantas, the national airline and flag-carrier of Australia, started selling, on June 16, 2008, seats for the first flight on the airline’s new Airbus A380 Superjumbo. Airbus A380 is the world’s largest passenger aircraft.