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Pancake maker out, kale tarts in as Qantas reopens lounges
Airlines

Qantas will remove the buffet from its lounges when 11 reopen on 1 July – but has come up with a host of innovative solutions to make them COVID-safe.

Melbourne diverts all international flights due to spike fears
Airlines

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has requested all flights to Melbourne be diverted for the next fortnight as the state battles to get to grips with an apparent second spike of coronavirus cases. The announcement came just hours after Queensland said it open its borders to all states except Victoria, and South Australia U-turned and insisted

AN-124 lands at Auckland Airport carrying 787 engines
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An Antonov AN-124 Ruslan landed at Auckland Airport on Saturday to deliver new engines for Air New Zealand’s 787 Dreamliner fleet. Stuff reports that the enormous Soviet-era jet carried four engines, two were new leases from Rolls-Royce, while the other had undergone maintenance work in Singapore. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members.

Virgin chair to attack ex-CEO on ABC’s Four Corners
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The current chair of Virgin Australia, Elizabeth Bryan, will launch a withering broadside at former chief executive John Borghetti, claiming he built a good airline but not a “good enough business”. In an interview set to screen on the ABC’s Four Corners on Monday night, Bryan will say, “When I arrived at the airline, a

PM delays announcement of JobKeeper extension
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However, he clarified on Monday that there will definitely be a “next phase” of support, though the government will take its time in deciding its composition.

Comment: Qantas cutbacks signal hard years to come
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Singapore Institute of Technology professor Volodymyr Bilotkach asks what Qantas' cuts tell us about the time it'll take for the wider industry to recover. 

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