Australian government  financially supports reopening of domestic routes

Qantas and Virgin Australia will get support from the Australian government to keep operating some domestic routes. Qantas said this will see the number of passenger flights it operates increase from 105 per week currently to 164 per week to all capital cities and 36 regional destinations in Australia. The additional flights began on April 17 and will be “fully operational” by Monday April 20. The temporary regional network focuses on towns that are more than two hours’ drive from key transport hubs, said the airline. These flights will also provide critical freight capacity, and much of the space on