The Federal Court on Tuesday knocked back a final plea from shareholders to halt the sale of Virgin Australia to Bain.
The battle for Australia's skies post-COVID stepped up a notch after Qantas said it was to start flying routes recently launched by smaller rivals.
Air New Zealand has extended a freeze on booking inbound international flights from 2 November until 14 December.
Flights between Tasmania and New Zealand are set to restart in January for the first time since 1996 in a deal to boost tourism.
The second of Qantas’ new batch of London repatriation flights landed in Darwin on Sunday carrying around 170 passengers.
UK-based Australians trying to return home for Christmas were dealt a blow on Friday when British Airways scrapped plans to relaunch flights.