The aircraft was chartered from Russian airline Volga-Dnepr by Sunshine Coast company McDermott Aviation, just days after Greece's government requested its assistance in combating the nation's extensive wildfires.
The New Zealand PM announced on Thursday that the country is preparing to re-open quarantine-free travel for vaccinated people from countries considered low risk by March 2022.
Tourism operator Sydney Seaplanes will begin offering “significant discounts” to vaccinated Australians, in an effort to drive up local immunisation rates and re-open international borders.
The LAT will remain in Bundaberg for four years as part of the deal between the Palaszczuk government and the Victorian government.
Boeing Australia has signed an agreement with Indigenous Defence and Infrastructure Consortium (iDiC) to grow and support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-owned and controlled businesses.
It’s rumoured that hundreds of staff across the airline’s network could be affected, with the employees supporting Rex’s new Boeing 737 operations expected to be hit the hardest.