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Video Podcast: Boeing, going, gone

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March 27, 2024
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Adam, Jake and Ben discuss the continuing crisis at Boeing and the impending retirement of the planemaker’s CEO and chairman.

Bonza branches out from ‘app-first’ with new booking website

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March 27, 2024
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Bonza had initially adopted an “app-first” booking strategy where all tickets were sold either through its app or through registered travel agents. CEO Tim Jordan said the new site is in response to customer feedback, complementing the Fly Bonza app an…

Jetstar to mark 100 domestic routes with launch of Brisbane-Avalon

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March 27, 2024
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Commencing on 28 June, the daily service will connect Brisbane with Jetstar’s original home base of Avalon Airport. It will bring the number of destinations served by Jetstar from Avalon to three, alongside Sydney and the Gold Coast, with the low-cost …

B-21 Raider awarded for outstanding defence achievement

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March 27, 2024
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The Northrop Grumman bomber was selected from a collection of defence innovations, including the THOR-ER ramjet missile, Sierra Nevada Corporation and Saab Gripen E fighter jet, as part of the 66th Annual Laureate Awards, hosted by Aviation Week Networ…

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How Melbourne became Australia’s largest city

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March 26, 2024
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People left Melbourne during the pandemic in record numbers. Now they have flooded back, outpacing Sydney and solidifying its claim as Australia’s largest city.

Airnorth’s Perth–Alice Springs route now underway

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March 26, 2024
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Flights commenced on Monday 25 March, with flight TL361 taking off from Perth at 8:30am and landing in Alice Springs at 12:30pm local time before returning to Perth that afternoon. The service, which uses Airnorth’s Embraer E170LR aircraft, will operat…

Boeing CEO and chairman to go by year’s end as MAX crisis continues

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March 26, 2024
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The senior management reshuffle also includes the immediate resignation of Stan Deal, CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, to be replaced by Boeing chief operating officer Stephanie Pope. It comes amid ongoing turmoil for Boeing over the safety record o…

Jetstar’s Sydney service arrives in Margaret River

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March 26, 2024
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The service, announced last year, began on Tuesday and operates three times per week using Jetstar’s A320-200 fleet. It is one of only two regular passenger transport flights serving Busselton Margaret River, the other being a Jetstar service to Melbou…

Toowoomba to host Ghost Bat production facility

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March 26, 2024
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The defence prime said on Tuesday that construction is now underway on a 9,000-square-metre hub it hopes will be operational within three years.

Exclusive: Qantas A330 hit by engine failure was oldest in fleet

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March 26, 2024
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It comes a year after Qantas’ pilot union accused the airline of a failure of fleet planning by not having enough new international aircraft, and with Boeing and Airbus experiencing delivery delays.