The carrier, which serves 20 destinations in Far North Queensland and the Torres Strait, is selling 100 per cent of its business through William Buck, an accounting and advisory firm trading across both Australia and New Zealand. It has been owned by the Christoudias brothers since 2015.
The Malaysia Airlines flight was shot down over Ukraine in 2014, killing 298 people onboard including 38 Australians. Post-crash investigations laid blame on personnel supplied with Russian anti-air weaponry in the area.
Nicknamed ‘Great Ocean Road’, VH-OGA, which touched down in Sydney at 9:45am on Wednesday, flew for more than 20 hours from the Airbus factory in Hamburg, making only a single stop en route in Bangkok.
The scheme, which has seen a total of 543,747 capped airfares since its implementation in July 2022, was earlier this year extended into June 2026. It has so far seen a commitment of more than more than $109 million in government funding.
Tony Jarvis, Field CISO and VP APJ at cyber security company Darktrace, told Australian Aviation’s sister brand Cyber Daily that the breach shows “many hallmarks of the Scattered Spider ransomware group”.
The incident on Monday resulted from a cyber criminal targeting a Qantas call centre, which gave them access to a third-party platform used for customer service. According to Qantas, the breach has been contained and there is “no impact” on the airline’s operations or safety.