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Qantas Group Reports $875 Million Profit In Half-Year Results

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February 27, 2025
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Qantas said that the remaining two Airbus A380s will return to service before the end of 2025.

Video Podcast: Is it third time lucky for MH370 searchers?

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February 27, 2025
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10 years after the mysterious disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight 370 in the Indian Ocean, the plane has yet to be found despite two search efforts – and the families of those who lost their lives still have no answers. But a new search effort, l…

Exclusive: Virgin flies Rex’s iconic VH-REX aircraft

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February 27, 2025
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The news caps a remarkable turnaround that saw Rex obtain some of Virgin’s leased aircraft when it entered administration in 2020, before the larger carrier took them back when the same fate befell the regional carrier last year.

Matilda’s poor form continues but we can’t comment on that

Helen Carrie
February 27, 2025
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The diamonds and our women’s cricket team are both better than them and we never hear about them.

ATSB releases preliminary report into January seaplane crash

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February 27, 2025
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The report details the events of the crash and the subsequent escape by four passengers on board the Cessna Caravan VH-WTY, which was registered to Swan River Seaplanes, after it hit the water off Thomson Bay on 7 January. Two other passengers, as well…

How to prevent illegal parking in your driveway, Australian style

Helen Carrie
February 27, 2025
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If a car parks in the driveway and the driver leaves the car they are sprayed with water.

Qantas to refresh 737 cabins as first A321XLR leaves paint shop

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February 27, 2025
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The Flying Kangaroo will give a cabin facelift to 42 737s, including new business and economy seats, larger overhead lockers, and new carpets, sidewalls, and mood lighting. The announcement comes shortly after its first A321XLR, VH-OGA “Great Ocean Roa…

Qantas posts almost $1.4bn half-year profit

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February 27, 2025
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The Flying Kangaroo has credited its “dual-brand” strategy for the result, with travel demand strong across all passenger segments and a record number of Jetstar customers.

NZ war hero comes home as long-lost medals returned to family

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February 26, 2025
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Chaplain Haydn Lea found Sergeant William O’Shea’s medals last year in a Perth military memorabilia shop, and noticed that they were missing a Royal Air Force Bomber Command Clasp, which were awarded decades after the war to those who served in Bomber …

PM confirms $7bn from Commonwealth for Melbourne Airport rail

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February 26, 2025
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Speaking at the Herald Sun’s Future Victoria event on Wednesday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed that the Commonwealth will help foot the bill for the long-delayed project, including a mixture of new and existing funding.