The Indonesian flag carrier will add more services from Melbourne to Denpasar, as well as from both Melbourne and Sydney to Jakarta, as demand rises for travel between Indonesia and Australia.

The fourth stage of the Gold Coast light rail, which would have connected Burleigh Heads to Coolangatta via the airport, has been given the chop and will be potentially replaced by “multi-modal transport” including more rapid bus services and possible future heavy rail.

The low-cost carrier was sentenced at Auckland District Court on Monday on 20 charges of breaching the NZ Fair Trading Act in 2022 and 2023. It had faced a potential fine of around $2.5 million, with a 25 per cent uplift based on its size and financial position.

Wright, who had pleaded not guilty to three charges, was convicted on accusations of asking the crash pilot to falsify flight records and of lying to police to obstruct the investigation, but no verdict was reached on whether he had allegedly perverted the course of justice on a third occasion.