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A snapshot of some of the funding measures around airports and aviation in the 2019/20 federal budget handed down in Canberra on Tuesday, April 2 2019.

Virgin Australia says Qantas’s argument its proposed codeshare with Cathay Pacific would not reduce competition is simplistic and incorrect.

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) says it expects to receive the final version of Boeing’s 737 MAX software update “over the coming weeks”.

Australia plans to increase the amount those studying aviation can borrow under the vocational education and training (VET) students loans scheme.

Virgin Australia will add its VA airline code on Hawaiian Airlines’ Brisbane-Honolulu nonstop flight as part of an expanded partnership between the two carriers.

The federal government has pledged $100 million in funding for upgrades at regional airports, to be available from July 1 2019.