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Qantas will cut at least 6,000 jobs across all parts of the business including pilots and cabin crew and continue to stand down 15,000 workers as part of its plan to recover from the impact of the COVID pandemic.
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Qantas and Virgin will get federal government backing to operate key domestic routes between major cities and regional centres after coronavirus restrictions crippled the aviation industry.
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Qantas will stand down two-thirds of its 30,000 workers after suspending international flights, while Tasmania announced tough state border controls, on a morning of dramatically increased responses to the coronavirus crisis.
Qantas has slashed the capacity of its international flights by almost a quarter for the next six months due to the coronavirus impact.
Qantas will more than double its flights to bushfire-hit Kangaroo Island in the wake of regional carrier Rex this week announcing it would axe the route – but the increased flights won’t kick in until July.
More than 200 Australians are heading home on a Qantas flight that has left the Chinese city Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak.
Healthy poke bowls, probiotic juice shots and kombucha will be among the dining choices on Qantas’s new Perth to London flights, with the aim of increasing hydration and reducing jetlag.
