Texel Air deal adds 4 737-800 freighters to Team Global Express

Virgin Australia will ban use and charging of power banks on board from 1 December, with Qantas and Jetstar to follow as of 15 December. The airlines had initiated a review of their power bank policies following a fire on board a Virgin flight in July.

In a report from S&P Global Ratings, data from 22 airlines in the region including Qantas and Air New Zealand, which all together account for around 85 per cent of Asia-Pacific market capitalisation, showed “close to 5,700 aircraft on order and ov…

QF-designated flights (Qantas and QantasLink) saw 77.9 per cent on-time arrivals and 78.8 per cent on-time departures in 2025, compared to 76 per cent and 77 per cent respectively for VA flights (Virgin Australia and VARA); however, Virgin beat Qantas …