Virgin should get rights to extra Bali flights over Jetstar, Transport Workers Union says

TWU backs Virgin over Qantas’s budget carrier, citing former’s commitment to employing locally-based crews in submission to International Air Services Commission

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A key union in aviation has backed Virgin Australia over Qantas’s budget carrier Jetstar as the two airlines battle for the rights to run extra flights on coveted routes to Bali.

Australia’s International Air Services Commission (IASC) is considering applications from Virgin and Qantas for the rights to almost 2,500 extra weekly seats between Australia and Indonesia available under the countries’ bilateral air services agreement.

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