The news, which covered tickets from both Qantas and Virgin, was contained in the ACCC’s latest report into the industry’s recovery from COVID, which said domestic air fares are likely to keep rising until October.
Air New Zealand confirmed it would follow the decision, which will come into effect from Tuesday, 13 September. Australia quietly dropped its own international mask rules last week.
The decision to upgrade its aircraft from the currently used 777-300 sooner will add an extra 160 seats to the route.
Richard Goyder said executive pay had been “constrained” during the pandemic and argued the airline’s “underlying strength” was an “absolute credit” to Joyce and his team.
Australian Aviation’s eagle-eyed photographer Nic Hope snapped these pictures from the desert storage facility, which includes a two-year-old MAX registered as SP-LVN.
The TWU said the deal stopped “attempts to scale back overtime entitlements” and would amount to a 17 per cent pay increase over four years, as well as an immediate 12.6 per cent rise.