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Airline turns to New Zealand after failing to get sufficient volunteers from Australia amid coronavirus fearsSign up for Guardian Australia’s daily coronavirus emailDownload the free Guardian app to get the most important news notificationsQantas is moving to recruit cabin staff from its New Zealand subsidiary to operate scheduled flights to rescue Australians trapped overseas, after it failed to get sufficient volunteers from its Australian...

A summary of major developments in the coronavirus outbreak across Australia • Follow our Australia coronavirus live blog for all the latest news and updates • Follow the latest global coronavirus updates in our international live blogKey Australian developments in the global coronavirus outbreak on Thursday include: Continue reading...

About 200 Australians face another 14 days of isolation after more than two weeks in quarantine on the ship in JapanA horror holiday is close to being over for the hundreds of Australians stuck on a coronavirus-hit cruise ship in Japan.About 200 Australians will be evacuated on a Qantas flight to a former workers’ site near Darwin on Wednesday to begin a two-week isolation...

Exclusive: budget Irish carrier is the latest airline worldwide to be affected by ‘pickle fork’ cracking, but has not disclosed the problemAt least three Ryanair Boeing 737s have been grounded due to cracks between the wing and fuselage but this was not disclosed to the public, the Guardian can reveal.The budget Irish airline is the latest to be affected by faults in the “pickle...

Aircraft grounded after hairline cracks found between wing and fuselage Qantas has pulled three of its Boeing 737 planes from service after finding hairline cracks but have said they will not ground all 737s they fly.Three planes have now been affected by cracks in the “pickle fork” structure between the wing and the fuselage. On Thursday, the aircraft engineers union said the airline should...

Qantas plane lands after record New York-to-Sydney flight carrying 50 passengers and crew, plus a ‘comfortable’ 70 minutes of fuelQantas has completed a historic non-stop test flight from New York to Sydney, researching the potential impacts on pilots, crew and passengers of what would be the world’s longest commercial airplane journey.Carrying 50 passengers and crew, QF7879 on a new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner touched down...

Civil Aviation Safety Authority says it will make its own call on the 737 Max, which was grounded after two crashes left 346 dead Australia’s air safety regulator may refuse permission for Boeing 737 Max planes to fly even if its US counterpart revokes an order grounding the aircraft, which has crashed twice, leaving 346 people dead.A Civil Aviation Safety Authority spokesman said that...