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Two Virgin flights to Doha were diverted en route after Qatar temporarily closed its airspace due to an Iranian attack on a US military base in the country, while one Qantas flight to London was diverted to Singapore and another flight to Paris turned back to Perth.
May 2025 marks the second month in a row that average reliability figures across all participating airlines have cleared the long-term averages, analysis by Australian Aviation can reveal, as Virgin Australia once again achieves a reliability trifecta.
Sydney-based Renaissance Partners, which would establish Darwin and Canberra hubs for Rex as part of its ambition to build a restored TAA as “Australia’s third airline”, was knocked back a second time by administrator EY Australia earlier this month.
The inaugural flight HX17 landed at Sydney Airport from Hong Kong on Saturday aboard the A330-300 B-LHL, with the full-service carrier expanding seat capacity on the Sydney-Hong Kong route – Sydney’s third busiest international destination after Singapore and Auckland – by 20 per cent.
AIPA President Captain Andrew Marshall will deliver a session titled ‘Technology and the future of aviation’ designed to unveil the latest technology driving the industry forward.
Flight VA15 departed shortly before 3:30pm on the wet-leased Qatar Airways 777-300ER A7-BEE, a week after the launch of the first of Virgin’s restored long-haul services from Sydney on 12 June.
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