Virgin Australia has partnered with the Queensland government to encourage Queenslanders to take a holiday in their home state before the end of the year.
Australian Aviation can reveal CASA has greenlit ‘Upset Prevention Recovery Training’ (UPRT) to commence from 2 December, but it will initially only apply to those flying larger aircraft seating 30 or more people.
The airline has had its domestic network on hold since July, with its fleet of six Boeing 737s grounded since then due to state border closures.
Singapore Airlines has announced it will officially ramp up its flight schedule to and from Australia from 1 November, as NSW prepares to reopen its international borders.
Qantas has officially announced it will bring forward its planned restart date for international flights to 1 November, following the NSW government's decision to allow quarantine-free travel from this date to fully vaccinated Australians.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said that foreign tourists will not yet be granted permission to travel to Australia on 1 November, despite NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet seemingly suggesting they could.