The competition watchdog noted in its submission to the Productivity Commission’s inquiry into regional airfares that the number of passengers travelling on remote routes has increased by 13.3 per cent since 2019, while seat capacity has increased by 10.8 per cent.

In its submission to the inquiry on regional airfares, Virgin – which previously served regional routes with a fleet of ATR 72 turboprops – said the commission “should assess competition viability at a granular, route-specific level rather than relying solely on the number of operators present”.

P2-PGB touched down in Cairns as flight PX90 at 11:20am on Friday, having previously operated only on Air Niugini’s domestic network within Papua New Guinea. The Cairns–Port Moresby route has previously been operated by a mix of Fokker 70 and 100 planes, as well as 737-800s.

The named Lockheed Martin employees have been given a deadline of 48 hours to “cease cooperation with the Zionist regime and leave the occupied territories immediately”.