Virgin Australia is seeking approval deepen its partnership with Virgin Atlantic on flights between Australia and the United Kingdom.
The Qantas and Virgin Australia airline groups have signed a memorandum of understanding to help plan and design the new Western Sydney Airport.
Nonstop flights between Melbourne and Kununurra will begin in May 2020 with the launch of a trial service operated by Alliance Airlines under a codeshare arrangement with Virgin Australia.
The ATSB has recommended EASA and ATR improve the ATR's system design tolerance to inadvertent dual control inputs in response to a Virgin incident in 2014.
Virgin Australia chief executive Paul Scurrah says the airline group needs to be more resilient after flagging an underlying loss for the full 2018/19 financial year amid rising fuel costs and challenging market conditions.
New Virgin Australia chief executive Paul Scurrah has unveiled a new management structure has led to the departure of Rob Sharp from the airline group.