Qantas is set to mount a direct challenge to Air New Zealand by launching flights to Norfolk Island from Sydney and Brisbane.
The Qantas Group claimed 74 per cent of the domestic aviation market in December, a significant increase on its pre-COVID share of 60 per cent.
Virgin Australia has revealed it’s close to agreeing a deal to lease eight or nine more 737s to expand its domestic capacity.
A former Cobham Aviation first officer is seeking $780,000 in damages from Qantas after she was on board a 717 that suffered a mid-air engine failure.
Air New Zealand didn’t break export laws when its staff controversially repaired an engine on behalf of the Saudi Arabian navy in 2019.
Qantas is set to increase its monthly repatriations flights from eight to 20 per month, coinciding with the expansion of the Howard Springs quarantine facility.