Hannah Dowling

Virgin Australia staff will soon see two cash bonuses, and some an increase in base wages, in an effort to recognise their efforts and the “ongoing challenges” of the COVID pandemic.

The aviation sector has welcomed the incoming federal ministry, after it was revealed that the Labor party had secured enough seats to hold a majority government.

Flight QF2008 was travelling from Sydney to Tamworth on Sunday night when the pilots reportedly found a fault in the plane’s hydraulic system that had drained part of its hydraulic fluid – a critical requirement for operating the aircraft’s controls and brakes.

Auckland Airport has expanded its leadership team, with the creation of the new senior executive role of General Manager strategic infrastructure planning and transformation.

Qantas has clapped back at rival Rex and said complaints that it’s being forced out of routes by the flag carrier are nothing more than a “weird conspiracy theory”.

Rex has again announced that it will soon exit five regional routes, with possibly more to come, over Qantas’ “predatory” behaviour.