Jayne Hrdlicka (center), CEO of Virgin Australia, with crewmembers from Virgin Australia and Qatar Airways onboard a Qatar Airways Boeing 777 in Brisbane, Australia.

Credit: James D. Morgan/Getty Images for Virgin Australia

Australia’s competition watchdog has granted draft approval for the proposed partnership between Qatar Airways and Virgin Australia, including Qatar’s planned wet-leasing of widebodies to Virgin. The carriers intend to closely cooperate on aspects such as network, capacity, pricing and marketing on…

Adrian Schofield

Adrian is a senior air transport editor for Aviation Week, based in New Zealand. He covers commercial aviation in the Asia-Pacific region.

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