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.
The low-cost carrier cancelled just 1 per cent of flights last month according to the latest BITRE data, beaten only by regional carriers Hinterland at 0.2 per cent, and Virgin Australia Regional Airlines, which cancelled no flights at all.
