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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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ESCAPE: Adelaide, Australia - March 21, 2016: Planes from domestic air industry competitors and rivals Qantas and Virgin, coming and going from Adelaide airport. Picture: Istock

COVID reversal as small airlines expand

The competition watchdog’s first report on the airline industry has found a surprising reversal of fortunes for the country’s carriers.

Robyn Ironside

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Qantas grounds jets despite push for repatriation

A demand by the Morrison government for the states to boost hotel quarantine capacity won’t convince Qantas to reinstate international flights before July next year.

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Victoria CHO Brett Sutton, and one of the explosive emails seen by the hotel quarantine inquiry

‘Sidelined’ Sutton warned of hotel quarantine risks

As an explosive email reveals health chiefs demanded ‘urgent’ review of quaratine scheme, Victoria’s CHO says he wasn’t consulted on the use of private security guards for it.

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First lot of international arrivals landing and being put on buses heading to hotels to be quarantined at Sydney international airport on the 29th of March 2020.

2000 more a week allowed to fly home

The number of Australians allowed to return home from overseas has been increased from 4000 to 6000 a week.

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'One World' Qantas 747-400 Takes off from Sydney Airport over Sydney city Picture by Chris Pavlich .

Qantas slammed over HQ ‘auction’

A federal minister is urging the states not to be sucked in by a Qantas move that risks a ‘wave of corporate welfare-seeking’.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos August 6th 2020: Restrictive worker permits now in force: Ã’Essential workersÃ“ will now need to have a permit on them at all times and keep a log book of their movements - or face a hefty fine.Police and ADF patrol around Docklands Precinct. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Sarah Matray

ADF member caught with hotel quarantine guest

A member of the ADF has been fined after entertaining a female guest while in mandatory quarantine in Sydney.

Rachel Baxendale, Robyn Ironside and David Ross

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L to R: Qantas Aircraft Maintainence engineer Tim Hogan and Maintainence Assistant Peter Freudenreich on the Tarmac at the Qantas Jet base. Many Qantas works face the axe. Picture: John Appleyard

Qantas mulls HQ move

Sydney-headquartered Qantas is thinking of pulling up stumps at Mascot and moving interstate to save money.

Robyn Ironside and Ben Wilmot

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CEO of Melbourne Airport Lyell Strambi on the tarmac. The airport needs to extend its runways to accomodate the increased demand for air travel. Picture: Andrew Henshaw

Airport chief urges states to ‘lead way out’

Melbourne Airport’s CEO wants NSW and Victoria to lead by example in the COVID crisis and reopen their border.

Robyn Ironside

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01/04/2020: QANTAS, Jetstar & Virgin airlines are storing a large number of their aircraft at Avalon Airport, near Geelong, as the Coronavirus brings air travel to a near halt. Stuart McEvoy/The Australian.

Qantas leaves passengers in bookings limbo

Qantas is leaving passengers with international flight bookings in limbo by refusing to cancel services from October onwards.

Robyn Ironside

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Virgin Australia aircraft are seen parked on the tarmac at Brisbane International airport on April 21, 2020. - Cash-strapped Virgin Australia collapsed on April 21, making it the largest carrier yet to buckle under the strain of the coronavirus pandemic, which has ravaged the global airline industry. (Photo by Patrick HAMILTON / AFP)

Engines prove a headache for Virgin

Virgin Australia’s administrators are facing a massive headache trying to sort out what aircraft parts belong to whom.

Robyn Ironside

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