Australian Aviation

Rachel Yangoyan, who has been with the national carrier since 2003, recently led the “entry into service” program for Qantas’ fleet renewal, including the Airbus A220 fleet that will replace QantasLink’s ageing Boeing 717 aircraft. The first A220 is due to arrive by the end of this year.

The international terminal saw 1.27 million passengers last month, a 93.1 per cent recovery on September 2019, while the domestic terminals saw 2.10 million passengers, a 91.7 per cent recovery. Total numbers recovered 92.3 per cent, the airport’s strongest post-COVID-19 month yet.

TWU workers have applied to the Fair Work Commission for a Protected Action Ballot (PAB), accusing Virgin and its regional arm Virgin Australia Regional Airways (VARA) of refusing to correct what it describes as “poverty pay, insecure work, and safety issues”.

Subsidiary National Jet Express (NJE) said the new services in Queensland were a result of it winning “several new contracts” and would launch by the end of next month.

The carrier posted a statement on its website hinting it was set to cut the frequency of some under-perming routes, while its local sales manager claimed on LinkedIn that all ANZ staff had been made redundant.

Australian Aviation reported two years ago how the same McDermott Aviation aircraft were taken to Europe on a larger Antonov An124 to tackle wildfires in the region.