Qantas Airways

Qantas and Virgin Australia are continuing to ramp up their domestic services to nearly pre-pandemic levels, with both airlines bringing in more aircraft to boost their domestic fleets.

Qantas is starting to move from survival mode toward financial recovery, thanks mainly to strengthening domestic demand.

Alan Joyce hopes to progress Qantas’ ultra-long-haul plans over the next 12 months—and he believes the airline’s Airbus A380 fleet will fly again.

Alliance also cleared to start working with Virgin Australia.

Some airlines in the countries are now ramping up Trans-Tasman capacity

Five domestic routes, which are at the center of a dispute with Qantas, will now continue.

Australia’s competition watchdog has dismissed claims by Regional Express (Rex) that Qantas’ entry into thin regional domestic routes is anti-competitive.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has given its verdict on the ongoing spat between Rex and Qantas.

Six Jetstar Japan aircraft are being transferred to the Australian unit to boost domestic capacity amid rising competition from Rex.

The route is one of three new leisure services targeting skiers and snowboarders.

About 2,800 seats per day will be added to Australia’s busiest flight path.

An alliance between Qantas and American Airlines that allows the carriers to cooperate on transpacific routes is set to be extended for a further five years.

Australia’s competition commission is poised to green light the joint venture for a further five years.

Qantas expects to reopen almost all of its international routes by late October, although they will be operated by smaller widebodies as its Airbus A380s will remain parked.

The airline had previously hoped to start long-haul international flying in July.

Australian carrier Regional Express (Rex) plans to embark on “a major revamp of its regional route network” in response to “aggressive predatory moves by Qantas” into thin regional domestic routes.

Qantas has hit back at the claims, describing them as a 'classic Rex tantrum.'

The latest approval removes conditions previously imposed on flights between Shanghai and Sydney.

Qantas expects to begin flying Embraer E190 aircraft on Australian domestic services from June.

Qantas CEO Alan Joyce is hoping to revisit ultra-long-haul operation “Project Sunrise” later in 2021, for a possible launch from 2024, which could coincide with the Australian carrier’s Airbus A380s emerging from storage.

Leading Tier 1 supplier Spirit AeroSystems and the U.S. Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im) have inaugurated a new kind of federally backed, discounted-rate lending for aerospace suppliers—beginning with a $40 million transaction based on receivables from Spirit’s lower-tier providers.

Carriers in both countries await the establishment of a two-way travel bubble.

Qantas and Japan Airlines (JAL) have revealed plans for extensive cooperation on routes between Australasia and Japan.

Qantas subsidiary Jetstar is planning to increase domestic flying during the first quarter of 2021 amid strong travel demand in Australia and the reopening of state borders.

The LCC expects domestic capacity in Australia to top 2019 levels by the end of March next year.