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Virgin Australia grounds almost all domestic flights

Virgin Australia will suspend most domestic flights and ground 125 aircraft from this weekend.

Australians are now banned from flying overseas

With interstate flying discouraged and international flying banned, most Australians are well and...

HK booze ban may wipe out thousands of bars, restaurants

With no offer of financial support, the Hong Kong government's proposed ban on bars and restauran...

JAL halts all flights from Sydney, Melbourne to Tokyo

Japan's flag carrier makes a temporary exit from Australia as the coronavirus continues to impact...

London via Darwin: Qantas QF1/QF2 takes a Top End detour

Qantas swaps Singapore for Darwin as the stopover city on its flagship Sydney-London route.

Etihad Airways grounds all flights by March 25

The national airline of the United Arab Emirates prepares to park its planes in response to globa...

Emirates stops all passenger flights by 25 March

One of the world’s largest international airlines is cancelling all flights for at least two weeks.

Coronavirus cancellations: should airlines offer refunds?

With flight cancellations stretching for months ahead, should airlines be more flexible in offeri...

Singapore Airlines cancels almost all flights

With travellers banned from visiting Singapore and transiting through it, Singapore Airlines pare...

Qantas, Virgin Australia set to cut more domestic flights

Domestic flying will take another body blow as Australia's states go into lockdown mode.

Emirates, Etihad: UAE bans passenger flights, transits

A nation-wide ban on all passenger flights and airport transits will take effect this week.

United Airlines drops most Australian flights

United will halt all flights to Australia across March and April, except for Sydney-San Francisco.

Qatar Airways drops Airbus A380s, cuts flight to Australia

Fewer flights around the world, and almost none of them on Qatar Airways' Airbus A380.

All flights between Australia and the USA grounded

Airlines abandon the once-crowded skies across the Pacific.

Cathay Pacific axes almost all Australian flights

Cathay will slash its global network to just 12 cities, and Sydney is the sole Australian survivor.

Qantas domestic flight cancellations begin April 1

Qantas' downsized domestic network sees fewer flights on most routes, and many destination droppe...

Virgin's domestic flight cancellations begin March 28

Virgin will drop almost two dozen routes from its domestic network over the coming weeks.

Qantas pushes back Project Sunrise Airbus A350 purchase

Airbus will need to wait a little longer for Qantas to sign on the dotted line for its fleet of P...