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First jet to land at Western Sydney Airport this month

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October 1, 2025
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The NSW Rural Fire Service’s (RFS) 737 Large Air Tanker, N138CG “Marie Bashir”, will take part in a multiagency, full-scale aerodrome emergency exercise on 28 and 29 October, including a simulated aircraft incident, as WSI prepares to open late next ye…

Axe falls on trio of QantasLink bases despite outcry

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October 1, 2025
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Pilot and cabin crew bases in Hobart, Canberra and Mildura will be shuttered in April 2026, with around 70 employees moved to larger bases in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, following a review conducted by QantasLink.

Defence signs $133.6m sustainment contract for air operations

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October 1, 2025
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The recent signing of a sustainment contract with Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) will deliver critical integration enhancements to the Air and Space Operations – Command and Control System (ASO-C2CS), which allows Defence personnel to plan and conduct…

Fair Work awards ex-dnata employee $36k in unfair dismissal case

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September 30, 2025
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As reported in The Australian, 21-year-old Courtney Sewell said she felt forced to resign from her part-time work for Emirates with dnata at Perth Airport earlier this year after a sexual harassment complaint against a male co-worker was closed with no…

RAAF heads to Japan for first trilateral Exercise Bushido Guardian

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September 30, 2025
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Operating from Misawa Air Force Base, the exercise will see eight RAAF F-35A Lightning II fighter jets from No. 3 Squadron train alongside Japanese and US aircraft. Traditionally a bilateral exercise between Australia and Japan, the 2025 program is the…

Perth Airport master plan lays out billions in infrastructure works

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September 30, 2025
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Available for public comment online, the Master Plan forecasts annual passenger numbers to grow from 17.48 million to 30.8 million by 2046, with aircraft movements to grow from 160,800 to 222,800 per year and air freight to reach as much as 269,000 ton…

Sydney–San Francisco passengers to see streamlined bag screening

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September 30, 2025
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Daily United Airlines flights from Sydney to San Francisco have been selected for the trial of US Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) International Remote Baggage Screening (IRBS), which removes the need to re-check baggage onto connecting flights in…

Deadly Arnhem Land bird strike was all but unavoidable, says ATSB

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September 30, 2025
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The Bell 206L-3 LongRanger helicopter VH-JMM was operating charter services in Arnhem Land on 14 July this year when it hit a white‑bellied sea eagle, which flew through the windscreen and caused serious upper body injuries to the passenger. The bird d…

Qantas resumes Perth–Hobart flights with A319s

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September 29, 2025
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Flight QF1672 touched down in Hobart at around 1:40pm on Friday afternoon aboard VH-8NQ, returning to Perth shortly before 3pm. The route revives a service last operated in 2023, and will fly three times per week, providing an extra 32,000 annual seats…

RAAF Richmond marks 100 years with massive air show

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September 29, 2025
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Held at RAAF Base Richmond over the weekend, the event attracted around 80,000 people, and featured both static and aerial displays such as the F-35A Lightning II, F/A-18F Super Hornet, E-7A Wedgetail, P-8 Poseidon, and 100 Squadron’s heritage aircraft.