Qantas has performed its final scheduled passenger service from Melbourne on its Airbus A380 fleet, marking the end of an era – and reduced booking options for premium passengers.

The Transport Workers’ Union says Virgin has delivered “record profits” in recent years, with former owner Bain Capital extracting $2.7 billion from the airline since purchasing it from administration in 2020, and that the firm should “reinvest the profits back into the workforce who helped deliver them”.

Flight JQ185 took off from Perth for Christchurch at 8:30am on Tuesday, operated by the A321neo LR VH-OLQ. Jetstar will fly three times per week on the route until April 2027, adding more than 37,000 seats and competing with an upcoming Air New Zealand service.

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As of Sunday, 25 October, Singapore Airlines now operates daily daytime flights from the South Australian capital to Singapore, alongside five evening departures a week, running Thursday through Monday. 

The 159,000-square-metre terminal will be nearly three times the size of the existing Terminals 3 and 4, and 25 per cent larger than the combined footprint of Terminals 1 and 2. It will deliver 22 new contact gates, including swing gates that can switch between domestic and international as required.

Speaking to media at the launch of international flights on Monday, WSI CEO Simon Hickey said the new airport is expected to reach its current maximum capacity of 10 million annual passengers within the next decade, with plans to expand as needed.

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