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16+ Years: Qantas’ Oldest Airbus A380 Returns To Service

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April 11, 2024
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It has become the world’s oldest active A380.

Video Podcast: Qantas offers frequent flyers a $120m olive branch

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April 10, 2024
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Adam and Jake discuss the pros and cons of the new Qantas frequent flyer scheme, and whether it will endear the Flying Kangaroo to its loyalty customers.

Crew remains from crashed WWII Beaufort identified after 80 years

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April 10, 2024
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The aircraft, registered A9-186, was originally reported missing in Papua New Guinea in 1943 but later discovered in 2020, with divers braving 43 meters of water to reach the aircraft.

Ex Qld transport boss sent to break Melbourne air rail deadlock

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April 10, 2024
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Neil Scales, director-general of the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads from 2012 to 2023, will mediate the ongoing stoush between Melbourne Airport and the Victorian state government over the rail link, which was last year delayed past …

Air New Zealand resumes seasonal Cairns–Auckland flights

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April 10, 2024
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Twice-weekly A321neo flights on Tuesdays and Saturdays commenced earlier this month and will run until 26 October, with an additional Thursday service to begin on 25 June. The previous Cairns–Auckland service ended in October last year.

Israeli drone tested for use by Australian Army

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April 10, 2024
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Australian engineering and technology solutions provider Nova Systems has teamed up with Elbit to undertake flight trials of the Elbit Systems Skylark I-LEX unmanned aircraft system (UAS) for the Australian Army.

Budget blowout on the cards for Gold Coast Airport light rail

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April 9, 2024
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Stage 4 of the Gold Coast light rail, a 13-kilometre stretch linking Burleigh Heads to Coolangatta via the airport, was previously estimated at $2.7 billion, but now is expected to cost up to $7.6 billion, with Gold Coast City Council expecting to foot…

New mediator Neil Scales tasked with ending Melbourne Airport rail link wars

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April 9, 2024
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A long-running dispute over where Melbourne’s Airport Rail Link will be located may soon come to an end, with a new mediator finally appointed to recommence high-level talks.

It’s not about the money, says ATC union as strike vote continues

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April 9, 2024
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Civil Air members are voting until 1 May on whether to take protected industrial action, which may include work stoppages and bans on overtime and ATC training. The union says staffing levels are “critically low”, and has called out what it says is a “…

‘Top Gun’ RAAF chief takes senior ADF role

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April 9, 2024
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Air Marshal Robert Chipman – a former Hornet fighter jet pilot and instructor – will now become Vice Chief of the ADF, to be replaced in his current role by Air Vice-Marshal Stephen Chappell.