Hannah Dowling

Qantas has been charged with discriminatory conduct and alleged breaches of workplace health and safety laws after it stood down an employee who raised concerns about the risk of COVID-19, while cleaning aircraft inbound from China in early 2020.

Brisbane Airport has warned that foreign airlines may exit the Queensland market in favour of other states due to ongoing “profit-killing” passenger caps.

Defence suspended all MH-60R helicopter operations as a precaution last week, following a flight incident that saw three aircrew ditch their Seahawk in the Philippine Sea on 13 October during a routine flight.

Virgin Australia has partnered with the Queensland government to encourage Queenslanders to take a holiday in their home state before the end of the year.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced that both the state’s domestic and international borders will reopen by Christmas – pending Queensland’s vaccination rates.

The airline has had its domestic network on hold since July, with its fleet of six Boeing 737s grounded since then due to state border closures.