Hannah Dowling

Speaking exclusively with Australian Aviation, a Qantas spokesperson confirmed that all 2,500 staff members that were stood down today would be eligible for relief payments, either under the government’s lockdown disaster payment scheme, or through the newly-introduced aviation support payments.

The review will essentially look to investigate whether or not actual noise and aircraft operations following the opening of the new runway are in line with what was modelled in earlier flight path design and environmental assessment processes.

Communication and air traffic management provider Frequentis has completed its acquisition of Defence supplier C4i from L3Harris after five months.

The Transport Workers Union (TWU) has won a historic court battle against Qantas over the dismissal of more than 2,000 ground handlers whose roles were outsourced.

The carrier is now hoping to use proceeds of the sale to pay down part of its net debt of $6 billion, and invest in new aircraft.

Qantas has now decided to move ahead with IATA’s ‘Travel Pass’ app after months of trialling various digital health solutions to streamline the verification of COVID-19 test results on its international repatriation flights.