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The two airlines will between them increase available seats to and from the Top End to more than 2.3 million in 2025, with more flights between Darwin and Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, and Sydney. It comes as Virgin Australia axes its seasonal Darwin-A…

The carrier will suspend services from Sydney to Inverell and Narrabri as of 1 March 2025, citing “reduced demand”, while ramping up flights to Armidale, Coffs Harbour, and Tamworth.

The service, to be operated with 100-seat Embraer E190 aircraft, will fly three times per week return between the two destinations starting 14 April, and is estimated to add around 30,000 seats per year on the route.

The new LAX service will operate three times weekly from December using the carrier’s fleet of 275-seat A350-900 aircraft.

The jet was carrying 64 people when the incident occurred at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington on Thursday, sparking a huge search and rescue operation.

The previous look was launched in 2013 and designed by Paris-based Australian Martin Grant, with the new outfit set to be unveiled in 2027.