Victorian Senator Bridget McKenzie said the proposal, which would cost less than $10 billion and be delivered within four years, would be “transformative” for regional areas.
Australia’s safety investigator discovered the problem after a Virgin aircraft rolled to the right during a flight from the Gold Coast to Sydney in April 2022.
It comes after Australian Aviation earlier reported how Qantas would purchase six more A321s that it will convert into freighters to replace its ageing 737s.
The increase will include 57 additional return services per week on the ‘golden triangle’ of Sydney– Melbourne–Brisbane, and adding seats to transcontinental services to-and-from Perth using the airline’s Airbus A330 fleet.
The airline is likely to face huge criticism if it goes ahead with the decision to allow the credits to expire, given airfares are now at record levels and capacity is still down on pre-pandemic levels.
Boeing has awarded a subcontract to Lufthansa Technik to support the sustainment of the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s (RNZAF) future fleet of four P-8A aircraft.