On this week’s Australian Aviation Podcast, Jake and David look into the latest Project Sunrise delays and what’s still needed before Qantas’ non-stop London and New York flights can get off the ground.
The air navigation service provider last year increased fees for air traffic control (ATC) and aviation rescue firefighting (ARFF) services by six per cent, its first rise in 10 years, with CEO Rob Sharp telling Senate Estimates that Airservices lost $…
Burnie-King Island is one of two Tasmanian routes Rex is cutting from 22 June, with Melbourne-Devonport also facing the chop. Sharp Airlines currently flies to King Island from both Burnie and Launceston, having itself cut a Melbourne (Essendon) servic…
Starting this week, passengers aboard Qantas flights QF154 and QF178 from Auckland and Queenstown to Melbourne can complete the Australia Digital Travel Declaration through the Qantas app up to 72 hours before travel.
The three-month trial, run in conjunction with Sydney Airport and SITA, commenced this week at Gate 10 and is designed to gather information on potential benefits including fewer boarding pass errors. The gate technology will be in use at Western Sydne…
The two gates, opening this week, are the latest stage in the airport’s overhaul, which also included a $130 million runway overhaul that completed last year, allowing it to handle larger aircraft such as the Boeing 787 and Airbus A350.
The “Star-Bound” drone show has been cancelled for Tuesday and Wednesday after 89 drones reportedly dropped into the water and onto marina wharfs around Cockle Bay. Drone shows returned to the festival this year after being cancelled in 2025 due to ove…
A total of 10 passengers and crew suffered minor injuries when flight CX156 from Brisbane to Hong Kong hit severe turbulence on Friday, with people reportedly flung into the ceiling of the A350-900 during the breakfast service.
VH-8VI “Lake Centenary”, which is painted red in a callback to the Virgin Blue days, operated flight VA308 from Brisbane to Melbourne on Monday morning, touching down at 9am. The aircraft arrived in Australia last week after leaving the Boeing factory …
The ultra-long-range A350-1000ULR aircraft, the first of which has recently had its engines fitted while the second is on the final assembly line as of February, were slated to begin arriving from later this year but are now expected in early 2027 due …