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Virgin follows Qantas to make vaccines mandatory
/ | 3 Comments on Virgin follows Qantas to make vaccines mandatoryThe airline is planning to make jabs mandatory for customer-facing staff by 15 November 2021 and office-based employees by 31 March 2022.
Read moreSupplemented freight flights continue until mid-2022
/The “International Freight Assistance Mechanism” (IFAM), which launched in April last year, has already provided $1.04 billion in financial help to the industry, connecting nine ports to 58 international destinations.
Read moreRAAF left Kabul before terrorist attack
/Defence Minister Peter Dutton has confirmed the ADF left Afghanistan just hours before last night’s terrorist attack, which has now killed 70.
Read moreVirgin to lease nine more 737-800 NGs
| 10 Comments on Virgin to lease nine more 737-800 NGsIncluding the new additions, Virgin Australia’s mainline fleet now totals 77 aircraft, including 75 Boeing 737-800s and two slightly smaller Boeing 737-700s.
Read more10,000 jabbed at Auckland Airport’s drive-through clinic
/More than 10,000 people have received the jab at Auckland Airport’s drive-through vaccination center since it was established days after the New Zealand Alert Level 4 restrictions began.
Read moreBreaking: Explosion outside Kabul airport, suspected suicide attack
It comes with the RAAF still in the midst of its biggest-ever evacuation mission to get Australian citizens out of the capital, which last week fell to the Taliban.
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