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Australia marks busiest holiday peak for air travel in half a decade

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January 15, 2026
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Overall passenger numbers grew by 4.5 per cent year-on-year in December 2025, Airservices said in its Australian Aviation Network Overview report for the month, driven by holiday travel and major events like the Ashes as well as Lady Gaga and AC/DC con…

Airservices staff shortage disrupts Sydney flights

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January 15, 2026
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As reported in The Australian, around a dozen flights were cancelled and others delayed by 15 minutes to more than an hour in Sydney on Thursday, with Airservices also using ground delays at other airports to pump the brakes on arrivals and departures …

Air Niugini adds flights, switches to A220s on Sydney-Port Moresby

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January 15, 2026
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The Papua New Guinea flag carrier is introducing its new A220-300 fleet on the route from 29 March, with a third weekly service also planned for the city pair. The A220s will replace the 737-800s currently used on the route, which is occasionally also …

RAAF heritage squadron retires 8 warbirds

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January 15, 2026
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A DH-115 Vampire T.35, Gloster Meteor F.8, Cessna A-37B Dragonfly, Ryan STM-S2, English Electric Canberra, CA-27 Sabre, CT4A, and RE8, all from No. 100 Squadron, will be “transitioned with dignity” out of service, with the squadron to continue flying 1…

Cathay Pacific ‘lettuce leaf sandwich’ livery returns to Australia

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January 14, 2026
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B-LRJ, decked out in the 1970s-1990s livery to mark the airline’s 80th anniversary, arrived in Sydney at 7am on Wednesday morning operating flight CX111 from Hong Kong.

Video Podcast: AIs in the skies

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January 14, 2026
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On this week’s Australian Aviation Podcast, Jake and David are joined by Daniel Croft of AI Daily to discuss whether we should welcome our new robot overlords.

Air New Zealand flags scheduling overhaul after on-time success

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January 14, 2026
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The carrier, which placed second in the Asia-Pacific for on-time arrivals in 2025, last year introduced a new system for its regional operations, saying it involved “rethinking how schedules are built to better reflect the realities of operating at dif…

Kevin Rudd to Step Down as Australia’s US Ambassador for Asia Society Role

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January 14, 2026
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During his tenure since March 2023, he helped gain bipartisan US support for AUKUS, a $25 billion AI and quantum tech investment framework.

Virgin extends pet flights trial after high demand

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January 14, 2026
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The trial, initially slated to finish at the end of January, will instead be extended to 30 June, with the airline reportedly seeing strong bookings as well as positive feedback from both customers and staff. More than 300 pets flew in the cabin on Vir…

Airbus commercial plane backlog hits all-time high

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January 13, 2026
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The planemaker has a total order book of 8,754 commercial aircraft at year-end, with 1,000 new gross orders over the course of the calendar year. A total of 793 Airbus planes were delivered to 91 airline customers around the world in 2025.