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Qantas Discounts 1 Million Business & Economy Seats On Flights To 60 Australian Destinations

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February 25, 2025
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The sale will last until the end of the week, unless all of the discounted tickets are snapped up sooner.

Ditching of overweight Cessna was ‘inevitable’, says ATSB

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February 25, 2025
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VH-VPY was on a ferry flight to Pago Pago in American Samoa when it lost an engine and was forced to come down in the ocean about 35 nautical miles off the coast of Queensland on the morning of 10 November, 2023.

NT researchers adapt drones for Army cargo delivery

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February 25, 2025
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Led by the North Australia Centre for Autonomous Systems at Charles Darwin University and supported by the Queensland Defence Science Alliance, the project is looking to adapt hybrid two-stroke engine drones for long-range cold chain operations such as…

New MH370 search underway in Indian Ocean

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February 25, 2025
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The six-week mission by UK and US-based marine exploration firm Ocean Infinity will survey an area of around 15,000 square kilometres, focusing on four “hotspots” where researchers believe the plane is most likely to be found.

Virgin pilot alerted us to Chinese naval exercises, says Airservices

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February 25, 2025
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Speaking before Senate Estimates on Monday, CEO Rob Sharp said Airservices had found out about the naval exercises at 9:58am, 30 minutes after they had started, as reported in The Australian Financial Review. A hazard alert was issued within two minute…

Qantas pilots approve new short-haul pay deal

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February 25, 2025
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Around 60 per cent of pilots voted for the new agreement, which will increase pay by 9 per cent over the next three years and include measures on reserve pay, higher minimum guaranteed hour payment, and a minimum duty period credit of 60 per cent for a…

Australia & New Zealand Get New Foreign Airline Across The Tasman

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February 24, 2025
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Five foreign passenger carriers operate between the two countries this year.

Brake mistake caused hangar collision in Perth, says ATSB

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February 24, 2025
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The Skippers Aviation aircraft, VH-WAJ, was operating a charter flight from Forrestania on 12 August 2024 with two flight crew and four passengers on board when it sustained a complete loss of hydraulic system pressure on its descent into Perth, the AT…

Brake mistake caused hangar collision in Perth, says ATSB

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February 24, 2025
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Albanese green lights 26,500 new visa’s for Afghans

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February 24, 2025
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The man has no shame.