Jake Nelson

In a statement to the ASX, EY said it has brought in Houlihan Lokey to manage the sale, and “anticipates a competitive process” from interested parties.

BITRE data from January saw 77.7 per cent of Virgin network flights take off on time and 76.9 per cent arrive on time compared to 75.6 per cent on both measures for the Qantas network, while Virgin’s network cancelled 0.9 per cent of flights, compared to the Qantas network’s 2.4 per cent.

The Flying Kangaroo says the two organisations will work together to improve the accessibility of air travel and promote awareness and understanding of assistance animals, as well as providing freight and logistical support for ADA to transport puppies in training.

VH-XIX was conducting aerial spraying of herbicides near Boorowa, 50km east of Young Airport, on 4 December when radio contact with the pilot was lost 15 minutes after its 10th spraying run, the ATSB said in its preliminary report.

In a speech to the Committee for Economic Development Australia (CEDA) on Thursday, ACCC chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb noted that domestic airfares have increased following the reassertion of the Qantas-Virgin duopoly.

In total, more than 760,000 passengers travelled through Gold Coast, Townsville, Mount Isa and Longreach Airports last month, with Gold Coast alone accounting for more than 622,000 passengers.