Nauru Airlines to open non-stop link from Brisbane to Palau

Flight QF1226 took off from Melbourne at 10:24am on Friday morning on board QantasLink’s second A220, VH-X4B, touching down in Canberra at 11:09am. Qantas also began operating A220s on its Melbourne-Brisbane route on Friday.

The halt follows a story published in The Australian over the weekend claiming that Rex had called in a “turnaround team” from big four accounting firm Deloitte and that the airline has been having trouble turning a profit in its domestic jet operation…

The Nauru flag carrier will continue its weekly Australia–North Pacific Connector service, which operates from Brisbane to Palau via Nauru, Tarawa, Majuro and Pohnpei, with the new agreement running until 21 October 2025.