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Melbourne Airport’s chief executive has said that a reborn Virgin Australia should make the Victorian capital the cornerstone of its new network.
Virgin and Qantas have now stopped passengers sitting next to each other in order to improve social distancing onboard.
The government has granted approval for Sydney Airport to use the shortest of its three runways to store grounded aircraft.
The government has finalised a long-muted deal with Qantas and Virgin to underwrite a minimum domestic network, to the value of $165 million.
Australian Aviation outlines the full list of government backed domestic services, which can be booked through the usual channels, here.
Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has played down speculation the government could bail out Virgin, and urged its shareholders to step in.
