Alliance Airlines Pty Ltd

The facility will enable the Australian airline to insource maintenance activities that have previously been performed in Europe.

The airline has pledged to work with regulators to address competition concerns over its deal to buy Alliance and announced the launch of a route to Tonga.

Australia’s flag-carrier has added Dili in East Timor to its network from Darwin.

The move comes as international flying remains significantly curtailed.

As well as further growing its domestic network with seven new routes, the oneworld alliance member is adding more Boeing 787 and Airbus A330 flights within Australia.

Domestic capacity will reach 95% of pre-pandemic levels in the current quarter, the airline said.

Regional carrier Rex accuses Qantas of 'capacity dumping,' urges regulatory intervention.

Alliance also cleared to start working with Virgin Australia.

Qantas expects to begin flying Embraer E190 aircraft on Australian domestic services from June.

The Australian carriers have been provisionally cleared to cooperate on more than 40 routes despite objections from REX.