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Queensland Airports sees ‘bumper’ passenger growth in 2025-26

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July 30, 2026
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The operator of Gold Coast, Townsville, Mount Isa and Longreach airports recorded 8.4 million total passengers in the 12 months to the end of June, up half a million on the previous year, with Gold Coast Airport seeing the most substantial growth, up 7…

Leidos wins $1.3m Qld government grant

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July 30, 2026
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Part of the state’s $180.6 million Sovereign Industry Development Fund (SIDF), the grant will enable Leidos to “relocate and upgrade its Mission Equipment Service Centre”, boosting its capacity to maintain advanced airborne radar and electro-optic syst…

German Air Force chief visits fighter pilots training in Australia

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July 30, 2026
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Lieutenant General Holger Neumann is touring Australia as part of Exercise Pitch Black 26 held in the Northern Territory this month.

Project Sunrise test flight smashes records

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July 29, 2026
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The A350-1000ULR MSN707, which flew from Airbus’ plant in Toulouse to Melbourne last week, touched down from the return journey on 28 July after 24 hours and 24 minutes in the air, covering a total distance of 23,075 kilometres.

Video Podcast: Cargo (but plane go faster)

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July 29, 2026
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On this week’s Australian Aviation Podcast, Jake and David unpack the crate expectations being placed on Australia’s secondary airports as freight operations ramp up at WSI and Avalon.

China Southern to fly daily from Perth over year-end peak

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July 29, 2026
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The carrier, which recently moved to year-round Perth services, currently flies three times per week, but will move to seven over the summer, bringing an extra 12,600 inbound seats on board its 787-9 Dreamliners. In total, 55,200 seats will be availabl…

CASA to ease certification of large drones

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July 29, 2026
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The rules, to come into effect on 29 September, will provide additional options for certification of RPAs heavier than 150kg, beyond the current experimental and restricted certificates.

Alan Joyce memoir hits shelves

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July 28, 2026
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Published by Hardie Grant, Riding the Jet Stream touches on key moments from Joyce’s working life, including the founding of Jetstar, the GFC, the Qantas worldwide fleet grounding, the campaign for same-sex marriage, and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Maurice Blackburn still working on ‘complex’ Qantas settlement

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July 28, 2026
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The firm, which received the settlement funds from Qantas last May, noted that it “must take all reasonable steps to make payment within 24 months of the scheme commencing, i.e. May 2027”, and that initial minimum $9,000 payments were made to all regis…

Aussie UAS supplier warns of suspected cyber attack

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July 28, 2026
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Australian company CubePilot, which supplies hardware and embedded software for the civilian unmanned systems industry, has warned its customers that some of its systems are offline while it investigates a “security incident”.