Hannah Dowling

It comes after Singapore Airlines announced it will bring its Airbus A380s back into service on select flights between Singapore and London from mid-November, and on flights between Sydney and Singapore from 1 December.

Former Tigerair Australia chief executive Merren McArthur has been appointed as the inaugural chief executive of a new startup budget carrier in Canada, Lynx Air.

Qantas has filed a counterclaim against one of its former pilots, who sued the airline for allegedly underpaying his leave entitlements, after settling an earlier age discrimination case with the airline July.

The ATSB’s final report into the incident found that two of the 787’s five downlock pins, which keep the landing gear in place during maintenance and towing, had not been removed from the aircraft’s main landing gear by ground crew.

From 13 December, the Federal Court will begin hearing evidence before deciding whether or not to order the reinstatement of the 2,000 Qantas ground workers, including baggage handlers and cleaners, whose roles were outsourced earlier in the year.

Rex has announced it will launch flights between Brisbane and Sydney in December, completing the airline’s goal to service the so-called ‘Golden Triangle’ of Sydney-Melbourne-Brisbane.