Qantas shuts Melbourne airport facility as government tightens COVID lockdown

A large white Qantas jet with red tail on tarmac. Qantas is dealing with a COVID outbreak at one of its facilities.

Australian airline Qantas (AX: QAN) has suspended operations at its Melbourne airport freight facility even though the state of Victoria has exempted airports, ports and logistics providers from a partial lockdown order designed to contain a major COVID-19 outbreak.

Qantas Airways said it was advised by the Victoria Department of Health and Human Services to temporarily shut down its Melbourne warehouse, suggesting authorities have discovered positive cases among workers there. The notice on the...

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