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Exclusive: Skytrans livery to be axed as SmartLynx goes all-white

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August 5, 2025
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Speaking exclusively to Australian Aviation, chief executive Gytis Gumuliauskas confirmed that all of Skytrans’ operations including regular passenger transport will be rebranded, and that there will be no new SmartLynx Australia livery on its aircraft…

Hobart cuts the ribbon on $130m runway upgrade

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August 5, 2025
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Funded by $70 million from the airport itself and $60 million from the federal government, the runway upgrades – which began last year – were completed in three stages, and could open up flights to Asian destinations within the next few years, said air…

Jetstar unveils Brisbane-Rarotonga service

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August 5, 2025
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Starting in May 2026, Jetstar will fly three times per week return from Brisbane to Rarotonga using its A321neo LR fleet. This is the sixth new international route Jetstar has announced from Queensland in the past six months, and the carrier is the sta…

Nexus to exit Kimberley route, restoring Airnorth monopoly

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August 5, 2025
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The airline, which launched in 2023, wants to see more regulation on the Broome-Kununurra-Darwin route as it prepares to halt services on 1 September. Nexus is citing aggressive competition from rival Airnorth for its decision, saying the route has bec…

Is Australia becoming a welfare state?

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August 4, 2025
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It also means private businesses are collapsing and those still around are not hiring.

Koala will fly next year, proclaims airline’s founder

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August 4, 2025
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Speaking to The Australian Financial Review, the airline’s CEO Bill Astling said Koala, which earlier this year fended off a winding-up application by apparent creditor Wealth Creation, is trying to fly under the radar but has backers who “understand a…

Cathay Pacific brings its new 777 cabins to Melbourne

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August 4, 2025
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Sydney in April was the first Australian city and second destination outside of Hong Kong to see the new cabin product, with Melbourne now also being served by the refurbished aircraft on daily CX104 and CX105 services as of 3 August.

Brisbane Airport clears new IATA security audit in world first

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August 4, 2025
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As part of the Security Management Systems certification process, IATA visited the airport on-site in June, and conducted a full audit of its approach to aviation security, with Brisbane being certified at the highest level of entry.

Operation Babylift ‘babies’ meet with their rescuers after 50 years

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August 4, 2025
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In an event hosted by the Australian War Memorial late last month, the now-grown passengers of Australian aircraft that carried them as orphaned babies from South Vietnam in April 1975 met the pilots and crew who operated the flights for a commemoratio…

WWII bomber ‘G for George’ arrives at Australian War Memorial

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August 4, 2025
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The Avro Lancaster B1 aircraft was flown by the RAAF No. 460 Squadron and completed more than 90 operational missions over Germany and occupied Europe.