Qantas’ first A321XLR en route to Sydney

The Australian Federation of Air Pilots, which last week announced work stoppages would continue for six days, voted for an extra day of industrial action to start a minute past midnight on Thursday 22 February. More than 90 per cent of Network pilots …

In an email to Rex staff seen by the ABC, administrators EY Australia said 73 out of 261 more Rex domestic positions are likely to face the axe, with 594 having already been shed. The redundancies will reduce Rex’s workforce to around its pre-domestic-…

It comes after Australian Aviation reported in November that the Tasmanian service would be temporarily cancelled due to changes in the maintenance plan for Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan (GTF) engines used on its A320neo and A321neos.