Jake Nelson

The carrier, one of China’s “big four”, will fly three times per week between Perth and Guangzhou using 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft, providing a total of 85,800 inbound and outbound seats per year. The news comes after the return of its existing seasonal service at the beginning of the month.

In a letter to creditors seen by Australian Aviation, administrator EY Australia confirmed that the deed of company arrangement implemented last month is now complete, and all shares in the Rex Group have been handed over to Air T.

Starting 11 June, flights will operate three times per week every Monday, Thursday and Saturday on 737 MAX 8 aircraft, offering connections through Fiji to and from North America via Los Angeles, Dallas-Fort Worth and Vancouver.

In its final report into the incident on 21 July, which saw a fire break out in overhead bins on board flight VA1528 from Sydney to Hobart, the ATSB found that a power bank in a passenger’s backpack had failed and entered a dangerous “thermal runaway” state.

A total of 67 people were killed when an American Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 passenger jet and a US Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter collided near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on 29 January this year.

Passengers began using the new level four screening point on Wednesday, which features eight lanes equipped with Rapiscan CT screening technology. A temporary pathway is in use from the screening point to passport control on level three.