Defence and national security professionals gathered on Thursday, 23 April 2026 to celebrate excellence across the industry at what has quickly become one of the sector’s most anticipated evenings on the calendar.
The latest BITRE data showed 81.9 per cent of Qantas and QantasLink flights took off on time and 80.1 per cent arrived on time in March, compared to 78.7 per cent and 77.7 per cent respectively for Virgin Australia and VARA, though Virgin continued its…
The changes, to come into effect from 9 July, will affect all flights in the Sydney area, including from Sydney Kingsford Smith, WSI, and Bankstown Airport. The new flight paths were developed in conjunction with Airservices Australia, and were approve…
The 5,000-square-metre facility, supported by an extra 4,000 square metres of surrounding land, will eventually be able to handle around 60,000 tonnes per year. It comes as the first cargo flights are slated to arrive at WSI from July, with passenger f…
The Australian Space Awards 2026 in partnership with Principal Partner Space Centre Australia, saw a confirmed total of 131 finalists across this year’s awards, marking the seventh instalment of the national program celebrating excellence in Australia’…
On this week’s Australian Aviation Podcast, Jake and David are joined by aerospace and defence lead Stephen Kuper to discuss the 2026 National Defence Strategy, and what Australia is doing – and could be doing – to safeguard its skies.
Signed in March, the project arrangement on Virtual Structural Testing for Composite Aircraft focuses on improving understanding of how damage initiates and propagates in composite materials widely used in modern military aircraft.
The newly-opened 78,000-square-metre Brisbane facility can process up to 250,000 parcels per day, while the 12,000-square-metre Hobart centre, set to open adjacent to the airport in 2027, will be able to sort up to 6,000 parcels per hour.
Qantas Group and Virgin Australia are discounting more than 3.5 million airfares between them in major domestic sales, with Justin Brownjohn, senior manager at RMIT Aviation Academy, saying the carriers are aiming to reshuffle capacity and offset losses.
Part of Launceston’s major terminal upgrade program, the project will see the construction of a new boarding gate, as well as a “complete renovation and modernisation” of Gates 3 and 4, and a 600-square-metre expansion of the gate area.