Virgin Australia’s imminent emergence out of administration continues to take shape, with the embattled airline flagging more redundancies.

It’s sad news for Booking.com staff today, with the OTA forced to cull its headcount as the coronavirus pandemic rages on.

Speculation had begun to swirl that this big announcement from Qantas was about to drop, and now it has – with an almighty thud.

Air France will go ahead as planned and cut almost 1000 jobs under the first part of a restructuring plan that triggered violent protests.