As a condition of the deal for Qatar to purchase 25 per cent of Virgin, the domestic carrier pledged to drop its longstanding codeshare with Etihad. The move is likely to hugely damage the UAE carrier, given the tie-up was a major incentive to book.
Qantas and QantasLink services saw a 74.7 per cent on-time arrival and 75.4 per cent on-time departure rate for October 2024, according to the latest BITRE data, compared to 70.9 per cent on-time arrivals and 71 per cent on-time departures for the Virg…