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Australia’s big four airports are back in the black

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May 1, 2024
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In its latest Airport Monitoring Report released this week, the ACCC found that Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth Airports all returned to profit in the 2022-23 financial year, with boosts to aeronautical revenues as well as income from car parking…

Video Podcast: Is it all over for Bonza?

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May 1, 2024
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With reports that its entire fleet had been repossessed in the dead of night, emergency talks about the ongoing viability of the business ended in Bonza entering voluntary administration – so what went wrong?

Airservices CEO to step down in June as contract comes to an end

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May 1, 2024
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Jason Harfield, who has been with Airservices for 35 years, has reached the end of his contract and will leave on 8 June, with chief strategy and customer experience officer Peter Curran to serve as interim CEO while the air traffic control body undert…

ACCC gives preliminary nod to Virgin-Air New Zealand codeshare

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May 1, 2024
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The competition watchdog is seeking submissions on its draft determination, which would allow Virgin to sell an unlimited number of tickets under its code on Air New Zealand flights sold and originating in Australia, up to available capacity, provided …

Darwin City Council in million-dollar stoush with airport

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May 1, 2024
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In a statement to NT News last week, a council spokesperson said that the airport is “required to make a financial contribution to the city in lieu of rates on land which is subleased to tenants, or land on which trading or operations are undertaken”.

Why Are An Aircraft’s Cockpit Doors Open During Boarding?

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May 1, 2024
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The cockpit is a busy place before takeoff

Qantas app data breach exposes customer booking details

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May 1, 2024
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Several Qantas customers have reported being able to access other customer’s account information, point score, status tier, travel destination and even boarding passes. In addition, customers could reportedly change other people’s seats, cancel their f…

RAAF welcomes back No. 80 Squadron in reformation ceremony

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May 1, 2024
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The new squadron provides mission data programming and software development for the Australian and United Kingdom F-35 aircraft types, as a component of the Australia, Canada and United Kingdom Reprogramming Laboratory.

Bonza owner pays Everton Football Club $30m after fleet grounding

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May 1, 2024
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The Times reports that the Miami-based venture capital firm injected £16 million into the football club on Tuesday, UK time, while Bonza’s four 737 MAX 8 aircraft were repossessed at around 3am AEST on Tuesday, leaving passengers stranded. The airline …

Airlines tells Bonza staff they’ll be considered for roles

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April 30, 2024
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In a statement issued on Tuesday afternoon, Jetstar said it had set up a “dedicated page” on its website for Bonza staff affected by the news.