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Virgin Australia’s partnership with Qatar Airways has received final approval, closing out the transaction-related process for the carrier’s ownership and strategic alignment. The decision follows earlier disclosures around Qatar Airways’ changing stake levels in Virgin Australia.
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• Melbourne Airport
By ch-aviation: Virgin Australia (VA, Brisbane International) has announced that it will resume flights between both Sydney Kingsford Smith and Melbourne Airport and Doha Hamad International from June 15, 2026.
DefenseNews.com
• Pierre Tran
By DefenseNews.com: The combined group is expected to post a €2.7 billion annual operating profit and has identified €200 million of synergies from the deal, the companies said.
Aviation Source
• Len Varley
By Aviation Source: Discover Airlines has completed its historic inaugural flight from Frankfurt to Shannon Airport (SNN) in western Ireland, becoming the only direct flight from Germany.
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• Dirk Andrei Salcedo
By ch-aviation: The United States Department of Transportation has granted Asia Pacific Airlines (Guam) (P9, Guam International) a two-year exemption to operate scheduled cargo services between the US and the Philippines via intermediate points, to April 21, 2028.
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: Commercial aviation drove most of the growth while executive jets remained flat amid uncertainty in the Embraer ended the first quarter with a record backlog of $32.1 billion , up 22% from a year earlier and marking the Brazilian planemaker’s sixth consecutive quarterly record.
FlightGlobal
• Edward Russell
By FlightGlobal: American Airlines‘ first enhanced equipment trust certificate (EETC) transaction of the year, the 2026-1 notes, will finance or refinance 32 Airbus and Boeing aircraft.
Associated Press
• Leer En Español
By Associated Press: A Cessna aircraft has crashed on the outskirts of South Sudan's capital, killing all 13 passengers and the pilot.
South China Morning Post
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
