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Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme Monitoring Report 2024

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January 21, 2025
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The Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme (TFES) provides financial assistance for cost incurred byshippers of eligible non-bulk goods moved by sea across Bass Strait. This report is BITRE’s second fouryearly monitoring review of all components of the …

Bass Strait Passenger Vehicle Equalisation Scheme (BSPVES) Monitoring Report No. 19

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January 21, 2025
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The Australian Government spent $101.0 million on the Bass Strait Passenger Vehicle Equalisation Scheme in the two years to June 2023 ($41.8 million in 2021–22 and $59.2 million in 2022–23).

Monitoring Report No.19—Bass Strait Pass…

LifeFlight marks record year in 2024

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January 21, 2025
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Helicopter crews at LifeFlight’s Sunshine Coast, Bundaberg, Mount Isa, Toowoomba, Roma, and Brisbane bases recorded 3,534 missions during the year. It follows an all-time high for rescues in the 2023-24 financial year.

Mock-up gives look inside Western Sydney Airport metro trains

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January 21, 2025
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The prototype carriage will allow the metro’s future passengers to evaluate the experience, as well as enabling manufacturers, engineers and designers to validate and fine-tune the final trains, which are slated to go into production this month.

Works begin on dnata’s $50m Melbourne expansion

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January 21, 2025
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The expansion will add 5,700 square metres to dnata’s existing footprint in Melbourne, increasing its size to 16,000 square metres and making it Victoria’s largest airline catering centre. According to dnata, it will have the capacity to produce 25 mil…

Hong Kong Airlines begins seasonal Gold Coast flights

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January 21, 2025
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The first flight of the seasonal Lunar New Year service touched down on Friday aboard the A330-300 B-LHG, with the route to operate four times per week until 15 February. According to Queensland Airports Limited, the route will deliver 5,000 seats into…

TransNusa expands to Australia with Perth–Bali services

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January 21, 2025
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The carrier will operate A320-200 aircraft on the route from 20 March, starting at three times per week before increasing to four times per week from 12 April and daily from 1 June. In total, the service will add more than 127,000 seats between Perth a…

Qantas Rejoins AAPA After 15-Year Absence

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January 20, 2025
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Qantas, as well as Air New Zealand, left the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA), in 2010.

Qantas relaunches flights to Japanese ski resort

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January 20, 2025
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The route, last attempted months before COVID began, will be the only direct flight between the two destinations and will cut out an often-lengthy layover that can involve changing airports in Tokyo.

Qantas engineering academy opens in Brisbane

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January 20, 2025
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This year, 30 apprentices will enrol in the program, but the Flying Kangaroo plans to eventually grow that to 150 in a bid to alleviate an industry-wide talent crisis.