The business’ regional manager for public affairs, Karl Schubert, has told the Australian Aviation podcast how the airline tried to make sense of the chaotic early days of the pandemic.
Only weeks after resuming several flights into Australia, the airline has cancelled all but two flights a week to Sydney throughout January, dropping from two per day.
The Australian Foreign Investment Review Board has given its approval of the $23.6 billion takeover bid for Sydney Airport by a consortium of super funds and global investment partners.
An overwhelming 97.5 per cent of employees voted ‘no’ against the new deal, which is argued to have been an attempt to take advantage of the post-COVID labour environment, and result in worse outcomes for staff long-term.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called on Queensland and the other states to drop their testing requirements and free up testing resources for symptomatic people and close contacts of confirmed COVID cases.
While the federal government, and most state governments, have committed to keeping their borders open due to vaccine milestones already having been met, a new survey suggests consumers remain unconvinced.