Unipart Logistics appoints new Head of Aerospace Business Development Emirates adds two more Australia services as demand soars

EMIRATES has taken yet another significant step in the resumption of its Australia capacity by increasing its service to two major cities – Sydney and Melbourne. The airline will also restart services to Christchurch, New Zealand via Sydney, offering a new path for Australians to transport more than 55,000 passengers per week to and from its major cities. Melbourne and Sydney will be restored to flying at prepandemic levels, a milestone in the airline’s reinstatement of Australia services. The uplift in capacity supports the revival of tourism by

SCOTT Bairstow has been appointed Head of Aerospace Business Development at Unipart Logistics.

Bairstow brings an extensive aerospace industry background and knowledge gained from over 15 years working in the sector in previous roles including Head of Programmes at Northwest Aerospace Alliance (NWAA), leading the Aerospace Supply Chain Excellence Two programme.

“The Aerospace sector is rebounding with positive optimism from the pandemic and is gearing up ready to embrace the challenge of the critical future Jet Zero targets,”

Bairstow said. “I am delighted to join Unipart Logistics and am excited to engage with new customers requiring innovative logistics solutions, based on the principles of process excellence, world-class safety and sustainability standards.

“Scott joins at a really exciting time for Unipart, following the recent award of our multi-year production logistics contract with Airbus,” Simon Wheelton, Director, Aerospace, Defence & Utilities, Unipart Logistics, said. “I am delighted to add Scott’s significant experience to the business and look forward to working with him.” across the trans-Tasman route.

From 26th March, Melbourne will increase from two to three daily services between Emirates’ Dubai hub via Singapore, with a third direct service to also begin to Sydney from 1st May. The service increase follows the airline’s recent announcement around double daily flights to Brisbane, starting from 1st June. The boost comes amidst another busy period for air travel and as the airline continues to reaffirm its ongoing commitment to growing its services to and from Australia. The two services will operate on a three-class Boeing-777 300ER.

By mid-year, Emirates will be operating 63 weekly services to Australia with the capacity providing travellers with even more access to and from Australia, as well as bolstering trade and business opportunities with the large 22tonne freight capacity offered by the Boeing 777-300ER.

The newly restored third Dubai-Melbourne service means Emirates is providing a new connectivity option between Singapore and Melbourne to serve strong demand between both cities, as well as offering customers its signature, differentiated product and service experience. The Christchurch service via Sydney, beginning 26th March, will offer the only opportunity for passengers between the two cities to fly on an A380.