The news comes alongside the ACCC giving the larger airline permission to collaborate with Alliance on 41 routes, including between the NSW and ACT cities.

The poll is open to all aviation industry professionals, including pilots, executives, ground handlers, cabin crew and academics as well as those involved in the military or RPAS sectors.

The airport said the new acquisition will allow the airport to provide “open and transparent” access to aviation fuel, and that it will be looking for opportunities to contribute to the “transition to future sustainable aviation fuels”.

Virgin Australia has surprisingly reported a $3.7 billion after-tax profit for the year ending 30 June 2021, the airline’s first in nearly a decade, after the airline clawed its way out of administration.