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Qantas has suffered a $100 million hit to its first quarter earnings after several states closed their borders in July in response to Victoria’s coronavirus outbreak.
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Qantas will sack 4000 workers next month and another 2000 are in the firing line, after taking a $4 billion hit from from pandemic-imposed travel restrictions in what CEO Alan Joyce says has been the airline’s toughest six months in its 100 year history.
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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.
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.
