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Bendigo Airport cuts ribbon on $12m in upgrades

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April 26, 2024
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The project, which received $9 million in funding divided between state and federal governments and $3 million from the City of Greater Bendigo, features a terminal four times larger than the old building, a 183-space car park, and an apron capable of …

Boeing officially raises Australian flag on Apache production line

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April 26, 2024
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Australia will be the 18th nation to operate the Apache as its attack helicopter, joining a fleet of more than 1,280 operating worldwide.

Boeing takes $355m loss as Alaska incident hits 737 revenues

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April 26, 2024
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The planemaker has attributed the sea of red ink to a fall in 737 deliveries, as well as the grounding of the 737 MAX 9 after a door plug blew out on an Alaska Airlines plane at the start of the year. Boeing was barred by the Federal Aviation Administr…

ANZAC flypasts 2024 – Every time and aircraft listed nationwide

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April 24, 2024
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Here, Australian Aviation lists every flypast in every state, including times and exact locations. Aircraft in the skies include the F-35, Hercules and Super Hornet alongside warbirds such as the A-37 Dragonfly and CAC Winjeel.

Premium Podcast: The mission to measure our atmosphere

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April 24, 2024
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Following a recent scientific mission in a heavily-modified Gulfstream G550 (pictured), German pilot Marc Puskeiler talks to the Australian Aviation podcast about measuring the atmosphere and what it was like to fly this unique aircraft.

Video Podcast: Bonza sets the record straight

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April 24, 2024
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Adam, Jake and Ben discuss Bonza’s forceful rebuttal to reports suggesting consultant KordaMentha had been called in to advise the airline.

Instrument failure sent Link Airways Saab below the glideslope: ATSB

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April 24, 2024
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In its final report into the incident on 24 October 2022, the transport safety watchdog said the crew of VH-VEQ, which was operating a scheduled flight from Canberra, was given “erroneous on-slope indications, without any failure indication” as it appr…

Bonza 737 MAX 8 given all clear after cockpit odour

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April 24, 2024
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Despite media reports of smoke in the flight deck of VH-UJK “Sheila” (pictured) as it operated flight AB570 from Avalon on Tuesday, a Bonza spokesperson has told Australian Aviation that the two pilots only reported an unusual odour and were unharmed.

Government signs $500m contract for next-generation air defence

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April 24, 2024
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AIR6500 will deliver four advanced air-defence radars, manufactured by Canberra-based CEA Technologies, with the first delivery expected later this year.

Low-cost carriers punch above their price point in March reliability

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April 23, 2024
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Both Bonza and Jetstar were ahead of all other major airlines for on-time arrivals in the official BITRE data for last month, with Bonza leading the pack, while Jetstar saw its lowest cancellation rate in more than five years and beat both Qantas and V…