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Robyn Ironside is The Australian’s aviation writer, and has twice been recognised by the Australasian Aviation Press Club (in 2020 and 2023) as the best aviation journalist. She has been with The Australian since 2018, and covered aviation for News Corp since 2014 after previously reporting on Queensland state politics and crime with The Courier-Mail.

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Qantas pilots preparing for the second Project Sunrise test flight from London to Sydney on November 14. Picture: Supplied

Pilots fed up with forced quarantine

Qantas pilots operating overseas repatriation and freight flights are going for weeks without seeing their families due to strict quarantine rules that fail to acknowledge their vaccination status.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA NewsWire Photos MAY16, 2021: Passengers use the Domestic Terminal Train Station after is is reopened following a police operation that evacuated both the Domestic and International Airport Train Stations in Sydney.. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dylan Coker

Has Zoom already killed business travel?

Holiday travel is booming again, but Australian business travellers are going nowhere, fuelling industry fears that tech may be permanently taking its place.

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - MARCH 11, 2021.Flight Centre Managing Director Graham poses for photos in the company's headquarters in Brisbane. Turner has hit back at the federal government's aviation package, saying the assistance measure will have little impact on a sector still flailing from the coronavirus pandemic. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled

Flight Centre boss backs call on Covid deaths

The billionaire boss doubles down on Virgin chief’s controversial Covid comments, saying Australia has to learn to ‘accept’ deaths.

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Frequent FlyersAviation

Being stuck on the ground points to problem for Qantas

Qantas frequent flyers added an average of 160,000 points to balances in the last year from on-ground activities, creating an unusual problem for the airline.

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POLITICS NOWPolitics

Brisbane, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos March 5, 2021: Virgin CEO Jayne Hrdlicka addresses the media at a press conference as Virgin celebrates in the lead up to Mardi Gras. : NCA NewsWire / Sarah Marshall

‘Open borders, even if some die’: Virgin boss

‘We can’t keep Covid out forever,’ Virgin CEO warns, saying international borders must reopen so Australia isn’t left behind.

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‘Some people may die’, but open border: Virgin chief

Virgin’s CEO says international borders need to reopen so Australia won’t get left behind, even though ‘some people may die’.

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Crowd-funded airline ‘brad’ offering a golden ticket

A who’s who of Australian aviation is behind an ambitious bid to crowdfund a new Australian airline called ‘brad’.

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Accor boss Simon McGrath at the Sebel which they have taken over.

Accor group chief backs hotel use for quarantine

Australia’s largest hotel group says quarantine arrangements could only be improved by ‘live-in staff’.

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Virgin NZ flights on hold amid soft sales

Virgin Australia has further delayed most of its New Zealand flights, citing subdued demand for the trans-Tasman bubble.

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‘Brace, brace, brace’: QantasLink flight scare

Passengers placed on alert over Brisbane when QantasLink pilots thought plane’s landing gear had failed.

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