Hannah Dowling

Pilots at QantasLink have become the first major unionised cohort within the Qantas Group to accept a two-year wage freeze in light of the effect of the COVID pandemic on the industry.

Qantas has announced a slew of changes to its flying schedule in light of the current state of domestic borders, delaying all services from Western Australia to the eastern states until February, and putting the flagship London-Perth service on hold.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has said that regional travel restrictions between Greater Sydney and the rest of NSW will be eased once the state hits its 80 per cent vaccination target.

The Prime Minister stated he “can’t see any reason” why Australians should be unable to cross state borders over Christmas, once 80 per cent of the country’s adult population has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Reports suggest ex-Jetstar Japan CEO Nick Rohrlach completed his first day as the new CEO of Virgin’s Velocity on Monday, after previous employer Qantas spent months attempting to delay his start date.

Charter and FIFO operator Cobham has extended its signed agreement with Embraer for repairs and maintenance on its fleet of three E190s.