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The offering, launched last year, will be extended to Cairns services starting 26 October, adding to existing pet-friendly services in Melbourne, Adelaide, the Gold Coast, and the Sunshine Coast.
VH-8VK “Woolamai Beach” arrived in Brisbane just after 1:20pm on Tuesday following its ferry flight from Melbourne, Florida, via Ontario, California, and Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. The aircraft is Virgin’s 26th 737 MAX 8, and the 12th to arrive this year.
The Gulf-carrier revealed it will increase to twice-daily flights on all weekdays, raising capacity from 10 flights per week to 14, with 5,000 seats on offer in each direction per week.
As part of an ongoing government consultation process regarding the use of low-carbon liquid fuels, including SAF, both major airline groups have proposed the introduction of a green fuel levy that gets added to passenger airfares to recoup the increased costs.
As reported in The Australian, more than 30,000 passengers were impacted by the Virgin disruptions, with over 40 flights cancelled and more than 100 delayed, while Jetstar and Qantas were less heavily affected.
Flight JQ897 from Perth, operated by the A321neo LR VH-OFS, was on approach to Sydney when it encountered turbulence that caused the nose to pitch up; however, according to investigators, the aircraft’s flight envelope protection functioned as designed and the crew responded appropriately.
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