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Pilot and cabin crew bases in Hobart, Canberra and Mildura will be shuttered in April 2026, with around 70 employees moved to larger bases in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, following a review conducted by QantasLink.
Daily United Airlines flights from Sydney to San Francisco have been selected for the trial of US Customs and Border Protection’s International Remote Baggage Screening, which removes the need to re-check baggage onto connecting flights in the US.
Flight QF1672 touched down in Hobart at around 1:40pm on Friday afternoon aboard VH-8NQ, returning to Perth shortly before 3pm. The route revives a service last operated in 2023, and will fly three times per week, providing an extra 32,000 annual seats between Tasmania and WA.
The proposal would see up to 20 per cent of Hudson’s total share rights under the Qantas long-term incentive program vest based on the Flying Kangaroo’s reputation score, as tracked by external firm RepTrak. The Qantas board is also raising her salary from $1.65 million to $1.7 million.
VH-OGA “Great Ocean Road” took off from Sydney to Melbourne as flight QF1321 just after 9am on Thursday, with VH-OGB leaving Sydney for Perth as QF645 shortly after 11am. The Flying Kangaroo is the fourth airline in the world, and the first in the Asia-Pacific, to operate the next-generation plane.
A study led by the University of South Australia found that across the four busiest domestic routes, Qantas fares were highest, Jetstar lowest, and Virgin placed somewhere in the middle, depending on time of booking.
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