The Queensland government announced on Tuesday that from 1 January, Rex will take over the Central 1 route, connecting the regional towns of Roma and Charleville to the state’s capital of Brisbane.
Ongoing strict border rules, coupled with a slow vaccine rollout in Queensland and Western Australia will delay the recovery of Australia’s aviation and travel markets, according to the local head of Emirates.
The airline said that the slew of cancellations, which will affect in excess of 20,000 passengers in total, were necessary due to “uncertainty” over the resumption of quarantine-free trans-Tasman travel.
Virgin’s chief of corporate affairs Moksha Watts has resigned from her role after just eight months, amid an ongoing review of her workplace behaviour.
Qantas has announced it will ramp up international flights from Melbourne from Monday, and will reintroduce its Melbourne-London services from this Saturday.
While the Australian government continues to lock out tourist visa holders, travellers from Singapore with a valid student or migration visa are now allowed into the country, for the first time since Australia imposed hard international border policies in March 2020.