On November 27, Jetstar Airways took off from Perth to Manila . It marked the airline’s return to the Australia-to-Philippines market after more than a decade, when it operated from Darwin to Manila. The new route is bound to make my celebratory Weekly Routes article ( see the latest edition ).

Timed at up to seven hours and 25 minutes , the route from Western Australia has become Jetstar’s new longest nonstop service on the Airbus A321LR. However, in the southern winter of 2026, some LR-operated flights from Rarotonga back to Sydney will be timed at ten minutes longer. If you prefer distance , Perth-Manila only ranks as the airline's third-longest narrowbody service. Regardless, they're all shorter than some of Jetstar's new one-stop LR flights .

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