Virgin Australia

The airline has announced international routes to Bali and destinations in Oceania.

The new United route is the first to be secured through a multimillion-dollar aviation investment fund.

The startup is exploring working with other airlines as part of its intercontinental strategy.

The latest exit follows confirmation that Rex is ending its Albury-Melbourne route after 39 years.

Interim approval has been given for the codeshare agreement, which replaces Virgin Australia’s long-standing relationship with Delta Air Lines.

The agreement includes codeshares across 35 destinations in Australia for Qatar Airways passengers.

Popular trans-Tasman routes are recovering.

The air services deal extends an existing relationship between the two parties.

Virgin Australia is making major cuts to its domestic capacity as the latest COVID-19 wave causes operational disruption and weakens passenger traffic.

The airline is dropping nine domestic routes and one international service.

The post-pandemic market share predictions of Qantas and Virgin Australia surpass the 100% mark—and that is before factoring in the growth ambitions of Regional Express (Rex) and the imminent entry of LCC Bonza.

United’s US-Australia flights will serve as the basis for increasing the carriers’ access to each other’s domestic markets.

The broader transpacific partnership is particularly crucial for Virgin Australia since it is no longer offering its own flights to the U.S after restructuring in 2020.

The route is part of Rex’s network ramp up as COVID-19 restrictions ease in Australia.

The easing of many domestic border restrictions in Australia will give a welcome boost to the local airline industry as carriers ramp up their interstate networks again.

Virgin Australia’s domestic expansion, the addition of Beirut to Swiss’ network, and Volotea’s tender win in Sardinia are among the latest route announcements and services resuming.

The flights from Hobart are the latest domestic routes to be added to the airline’s network.

Qantas said it plans to cancel the launch of a Cairns-Tokyo route following the decision.

Virgin Australia’s new seasonal flights to Launceston, Wizz Air adding connections from Hungary and Romania and Saudia returning to Manchester are among the latest new route announcements and services resuming.

The latest additions from Adelaide follow the launch of flights to Cairns earlier this month.

Routes rounds-up the latest new route announcements, as well as services returning to carriers' networks.

The latest surge of COVID-19 cases in Australia has dealt a crucial blow to local airlines that were beginning to recover some momentum based on their domestic strength.

As well as further growing its domestic network with seven new routes, the oneworld alliance member is adding more Boeing 787 and Airbus A330 flights within Australia.

The move was prompted by Australian government statements this week that international travel to and from Australia will probably remain at low levels until mid-2022.

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.