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‘Unsustainable’: Why airlines are axing flights

Virgin Australia said some routes turned loss-making after jet fuel prices surged, forcing airlines to cut services as weaker demand and higher costs hit thin markets.

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Rural Australians are losing flight connections as a 140 per cent jet fuel price surge hits the industry hard.

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'Unsustainable': regional flights at risk as costs rise

Major airlines are dropping regional routes due to increasing fuel costs, security, engineering, labour and airport taxes, a...

·Launceston, Australia
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‘Unsustainable’: Why airlines are axing flights

Rural Australians are losing flight connections as a 140 per cent jet fuel price surge hits the industry hard.

·Osborne Park, Australia
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The QueenslanderThe Queenslander

‘Unsustainable’: regional flights at risk as costs rise

Major airlines are dropping regional routes due to increasing fuel costs, security, engineering, labour and airport taxes, a Senate inquiry has been told.

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PerthNow broke the news in Osborne Park, Australia on Friday, October 16, 2026.
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