Jetstar gets wheels-up on Brisbane–Avalon

It comes a year after Qantas’ pilot union accused the airline of a failure of fleet planning by not having enough new international aircraft, and with Boeing and Airbus experiencing delivery delays.

The Australian Financial Review reports that a confidential meeting of creditors last week also heard the jobs of staff are set to be terminated imminently if a purchaser cannot be found.

The Flying Kangaroo also confirmed it would use its strong position to purchase an additional eight A321XLRs to take its future fleet of the next generation aircraft to 28.