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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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Union protesters at Qantas CEO’s door

Angry union members have taken their protest against outsourcing by Qantas to the Sydney home of Alan Joyce.

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04/05/2016: Qatar Airways global CEO Akbar Al Baker at a press conference in Adelaide. Kelly Barnes/TheAustralian.

Qatar boss: passenger caps don’t fit service

Qatar Airways has warned it may have to withdraw flights to Australia if passenger caps are not relaxed.

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Qatar calls for luxury quarantine option

Qatar Airways’ CEO has urged the Australian government to relax its entry restrictions and fill “empty hotels” with returning travellers.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 25: Qantas aeroplanes wait at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport on February 25, 2014 in Melbourne, Australia. On Thursday Qantas will announce their half year results, media reports suggest part of those announcements will include a large number of job cuts and the sale of their Melbourne terminal. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

Qantas fires latest shots in borders battle

Qantas has enlisted 20,000 of its stood-down staff to pressure premiers on border closures, and a hotspot agreement.

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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)

Virgin cuts regional routes as demand shifts

Virgin Australia pulls out of eight ‘under performing’ regional routes as part of a reduced network for the embattled carrier.

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08/09/2020: Former pilots L-R Chris Davis a Qantas 787 Second Officer and Clint Butcher a Jetstar 787 First officer, with one of their buses in front of mothballed Qantas jets at Brisbane airport. Both men now drive buses for public transport company Transdev which is hungry to hire more aviation workers.. Pic Lyndon Mechielsen

Pilots happily redeploy down to earth

Former airline pilots are turning up in the most surprising places, as they hunt down work to tide them through the pandemic.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 14: A Virgin Australia commercial plane takes off at Sydney Airport on March 14, 2019 in Sydney, Australia. The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has suspended operations of the Boeing 737 MAX 8 in Australia following a deadly crash that killed 157 people in Ethiopia on Sunday 10 March. Up until CASA's decision Fiji Airways was the only airline flying the Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft in Australia after Singapore's SilkAir announced it was temporarily ground its six aircraft on Tuesday. Safety concerns about the model of aircraft were first raised in October 2018 after a Lion Air flight in Indonesia crashed, killing all 189 people aboard. Since Sunday's crash in Ethiopia, Boeing has announced plans to update the aircrafts software. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Virgin happy to return engines, but at no cost

Virgin Australia’s administrators have returned to court to appeal a ruling on the return of four aircraft engines.

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Save of the century after Virgin ‘written off’

Virgin Australia’s rescue has been declared ‘one of the greatest achievements in corporate history’ by CEO Paul Scurrah.

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21/4/20: Virgin Australia CEO Paul Scurrah and administrator Vaughan Strawbridge of Deloitte who will try to restructure the airline's $5bn debt and bring it back to life. John Feder/The Australian.

Unions to hold new Virgin owner to account

Creditors vote overwhelmingly in favour of Virgin’s sale to Bain Capital, but union support had already sealed the deal.

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Eel good flying, Sir Richard Branson takes a ride on a makeshift sushi train, Virgin Australia promotes their new route from Brisbane to Japan, Brisbane Airport. Photographer: Liam Kidston.

Bain to land Virgin as unions agree

Virgin Australia’s creditors meeting is set to confirm Bain Capital as the airline’s new owners with unions pledging their support.

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