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Virgin Australia has introduced a daily Sydney to Darwin return operation whilst rival Qantas is changing its baggage allowances.

The new Sydney flight complements Virgin Australia’s Darwin services to and from Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth and features the airline's new Business Class, designed for narrow bodied aircraft.  With a single daily Boeing 737 return flight Virgin Australia has chosen to take on both Qantas and its low cost sibling Jetstar who both go twice daily.

Qantas itself will introduce changes to its international checked baggage policy next month, moving from a weight system to a piece and weight system as used by oneworld partners British Airways and American Airlines. The changes provide customers with a simplified policy and better alignment with the Qantas domestic checked baggage policy, which changed in June 2011 to a piece and weight-based system. www.qantas.com/baggage www.virginaustralia.com

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