The business also revealed all affected employees will be eligible for the federal government’s $750-a-week COVID payments and remaining shifts on essential flights will be shared around between flight attendants.
Qantas has unveiled new downloadable products to recreate the “sights and sounds” of a Qantas flight, in its latest attempt to bring the flying experience to grounded customers.
The airline is now looking to bring forward the deployment of its E190 aircraft, and suggested it will continue to hire new pilots, cabin crew and ground staff to support the speedy deployment.
It’s rumoured that hundreds of staff across the airline’s network could be affected, with the employees supporting Rex’s new Boeing 737 operations expected to be hit the hardest.
This will be the fourth time the carrier has extended the program as international and domestic travel continues to be restrained by COVID-19.
According to unions, around 75 per cent of Virgin Australia pilots voted in favour of the new enterprise agreement, which will now be sent to the Fair Work Commission for final approval.