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V/Line H Sets – Trashed & Abandoned

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May 1, 2024
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The excess rolling stock has been shunted to regional locations for storage, only to be quickly destroyed.

Abandoned Hobart rail corridor to get passenger trains again under Greens’ plan

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May 1, 2024
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The Greens have unveiled plans to invest three-quarters of a million dollars in exploring options to restore Hobart’s abandoned northern suburbs rail corridor. Almost ten […]

Trainbuilder releases HO Scale VR R Class Locomotive

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May 1, 2024
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The R class was an express passenger steam locomotive that ran on Australia’s Victorian Railways(VR) from 1951 to 1974. A long overdue replacement for the 1907-era A2 class 4-6-0, their development and […]

Airservices CEO to step down in June as contract comes to an end

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May 1, 2024
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Jason Harfield, who has been with Airservices for 35 years, has reached the end of his contract and will leave on 8 June, with chief strategy and customer experience officer Peter Curran to serve as interim CEO while the air traffic control body undert…

ACCC gives preliminary nod to Virgin-Air New Zealand codeshare

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May 1, 2024
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The competition watchdog is seeking submissions on its draft determination, which would allow Virgin to sell an unlimited number of tickets under its code on Air New Zealand flights sold and originating in Australia, up to available capacity, provided …

Darwin City Council in million-dollar stoush with airport

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May 1, 2024
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In a statement to NT News last week, a council spokesperson said that the airport is “required to make a financial contribution to the city in lieu of rates on land which is subleased to tenants, or land on which trading or operations are undertaken”.

Qantas app data breach exposes customer booking details

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May 1, 2024
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Several Qantas customers have reported being able to access other customer’s account information, point score, status tier, travel destination and even boarding passes. In addition, customers could reportedly change other people’s seats, cancel their f…

RAAF welcomes back No. 80 Squadron in reformation ceremony

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May 1, 2024
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The new squadron provides mission data programming and software development for the Australian and United Kingdom F-35 aircraft types, as a component of the Australia, Canada and United Kingdom Reprogramming Laboratory.

Bonza owner pays Everton Football Club $30m after fleet grounding

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May 1, 2024
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The Times reports that the Miami-based venture capital firm injected £16 million into the football club on Tuesday, UK time, while Bonza’s four 737 MAX 8 aircraft were repossessed at around 3am AEST on Tuesday, leaving passengers stranded. The airline …

The F-35 Lightning II At The Australian Air Force: How It’s Performing

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April 30, 2024
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U.S.-owned F-35s are notorious for their reliability issues. Yet the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) F-35s are performing just fine, thanks.