These startling images from Flightradar24 show how the skies over Australia have now almost emptied as international and domestic airlines pause most of their services.
Four Qantas cabin crew who worked on a flight from Chile and were exempt from going into quarantine have subsequently tested positive for COVID-19.
Applications have now opened for businesses to claim their share of the government’s $300 million regional aviation bailout.
Flight Centre Travel Group announced on Monday it will close 428 Australian stores by the end of July, or roughly 40 per cent of its network.
Virgin Australia ramped up its lobbying for a bailout by placing a full-page advert in Saturday’s Daily Telegraph warning of the dangers of a Qantas monopoly.
Qantas and Virgin will resume limited international flights to Australia from London, Los Angeles, Hong Kong and Auckland after agreeing to a repatriation deal with the government.