Jetstar launched its first nonstop Perth–Manila service on 27 November 2025, operating three weekly rotations with an Airbus A321LR. The route — the carrier’s first direct link from Perth to the Philippines — provides more than 72,000 seats annually and is temporarily its longest narrowbody rotation (~7 hours).
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Opens Perth–Manila as Jetstar’s first direct link, operating 3x weekly A321LR and offering >72,000 seats per year, expanding Perth’s Asian connectivity and complementing Jetstar’s recent A321LR international build‑out (see Jetstar restarting international A321LR services: https://hype.aero/?story=5c79e8c1-afc8-4d87-8bdc-b0790c02097d).
Underscores the narrowbody long‑range strategy for ‘long, thin’ regional markets: the A321LR is being deployed on similar new Manila links and point‑to‑point Asian rotations (see India–Manila A321LR launch: https://hype.aero/?story=3dc30bab-0b6b-407a-be83-c8085b47c5d3).
Improves Philippines connectivity and feed potential amid recent network moves and partnership activity that could boost onward connections (see recent interline and Philippine network developments: https://hype.aero/?story=82a93d77-d254-4655-82a0-e881ca8b349e and https://hype.aero/?story=dcfc2caa-7272-406f-b6b8-d489bd7cee67).
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