Last Christmas, Sophie Hobbs s dog, Ebba, made it to Tasmania for their family holiday – but none of her human companions did.
They d all been planning to fly from Sydney to Launceston to stay with Sophie s parents for the break until Virgin Australia closed its pet cargo office due to COVID-19. This meant the dog was put on an alternative Virgin flight to Hobart two days before the family was due to fly out, so Sophie s parents had to drive south to pick her up.
But then came the sudden Sydney lockdown which stopped Sophie and her family from flying. So my parents had to look after her while we weren t able to leave Sydney, said gallery owner Sophie, who lives in Erskineville, in Sydney s inner west, with husband Ralph, daughter India, 19, and son Hugo, 17. Then eventually they took her back to Hobart
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An alliance between oneworld members Qantas and American Airlines that allows the carriers to cooperate on transpacific routes is set to be extended for a further five years.
The partnership, which includes Qantas’ low-cost subsidiary Jetstar, covers routes between Australia and New Zealand and the US, Canada and Mexico. The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) first authorized the alliance in 2011 and then again in 2016.
ACCC commissioner Sarah Court said the public benefits from extending the partnership include enhanced products and services, as well as “a greater likelihood of increased capacity and new routes.”
“The alliance is unlikely to result in any significant public detriment, because the ACCC considers that American Airlines would be unlikely to operate its own transpacific services (or materially expand its transpacific capacity and frequency) in the absence of its alliance with Qantas,” Court said.