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• Virgin’s last 737 MAX 8 lands in Australia

  29-09-2026 08:44 via australianaviation.com.au
  VH-8VK “Woolamai Beach” arrived in Brisbane just after 1:20pm on Tuesday following its ferry flight from Melbourne, Florida via Ontario, California and Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. The aircraft is Virgin’s 26th 737 MAX 8, and the twelfth to arrive this year.
  
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• Etihad to fly double daily to Sydney

  29-09-2026 06:58 via australianaviation.com.au
  The Gulf-carrier revealed it will increase to twice-daily flights on all weekdays, raising capacity from 10 flights per week to 14, with 5,000 seats on offer in each direction per week.
  
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• Airlines question idea to send Sydney ATCs to WSI during curfew

  29-09-2026 06:04 via australianaviation.com.au
  Speaking to 2GB ahead of a Sydney Airport working group meeting on Monday, Stephen Beckett, CEO of Airlines for Australia and New Zealand (A4ANZ), said the proposal is being investigated as part of a “resilience plan” at Kingsford Smith.
  
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• Qantas and Virgin float passing SAF costs onto passengers

  29-09-2026 04:44 via australianaviation.com.au
  As part of an ongoing government consultation process regarding the use of low-carbon liquid fuels, including SAF, both major airline groups have proposed the introduction of a green fuel levy that gets added to passenger airfares to recoup the increased costs.
  
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