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Virgin Australia has issued a sharply worded statement disputing Qantas’s assertions that it benefits from having foreign government owned airlines as its major shareholders. “The proposition that Virgin Australia has access to cheaper capital by virtue of our shareholder base is completely false,” the statement reads, before noting that Air New Zealand and Singapore Airlines

At the Dubai Airshow Qantas’s major alliance partner Emirates (one of those dastardly foreign government owned airlines) placed colossal orders for 150 Boeing 777Xs and 50 Airbus A380s. That presages yet more booming growth for Emirates. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of

Jetstar has flagged cutting operations to Avalon Airport, saying that flights to the Melbourne secondary airport have been “underperforming for some time”. “We are continuing to monitor the services of our Avalon routes and are yet to make a decision on the future of those services,” the airline said in a statement issued Thursday morning.

Brindabella Airlines is making a number of changes to its schedules which it says will restore “integrity” to its operations after an ongoing period of flight disruptions and delays that culminated in its Jetstream 41 fleet being temporarily grounded and the suspension of Sydney-Orange flights. “Brindabella Airlines has been working hard during the past fortnight