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Qantas to pay out $120m over illegal sackings

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December 18, 2024
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The fund, administered by Maurice Blackburn Lawyers on behalf of the Transport Workers’ Union, will compensate the 1,820 affected workers following a ruling by the Federal Court in October. If split evenly, each worker would receive around $66,000, tho…

Did Alan Joyce cost Qantas our trust?

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December 17, 2024
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Former AFR columnist Joe Aston’s bombshell book, The Chairman’s Lounge, led to weeks of bad headlines for the Flying Kangaroo. Here, the author talks to Jake Nelson about the carrier’s missteps and whether its former CEO trashed its brand.

Exclusive: Regional carriers in limbo over Rex, says Skytrans

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December 17, 2024
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CEO Alan Milne’s comments come after the AFR reported the Government is considering buying out investment firm PAG’s debt from Rex to have more say over the outcome of the administration process, which has been extended to the end of June 2025.

Juneyao Air touches down in Australia

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December 17, 2024
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Flight HO1669 touched down from Shanghai at 6:44am Tuesday morning aboard the 787-9 Dreamliner B-20EC, with four weekly flights planned, increasing to daily over the lunar new year period. Juneyao will also begin flights from Shanghai to Melbourne late…

First flights begin from Sydney and Melbourne to Beijing Daxing

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December 17, 2024
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The airline, one of China’s “Big Four”, is flying four times per week from Sydney and three times per week from Melbourne using A330 aircraft, both for ten-week seasons. Daxing is Beijing’s newer international airport, and the city’s second alongside B…

Skytrans’ first A319 arrives in Australia

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December 16, 2024
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The aircraft, to be registered VH-L7A, formerly flew with Italian airline ITA and is now owned by Skytrans parent company Avia Solutions Group (ASG). It arrived in Brisbane at 7:40 on Monday morning, having flown from Lithuania via Ras Al Khaimah, Colo…

Stralis clears hydrogen milestone with successful propeller test

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December 16, 2024
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The test, conducted on a ground demonstrator aircraft dubbed “Clyde”, took place at Brisbane Airport and was the first of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere, as well as the first on a registered plane at an international airport.

Cancellations hit 3-year low in October

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December 16, 2024
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Only 1.8 per cent of flights were cancelled in October 2024, around half the rate of October 2023, as detailed in Airservices’ latest Australian Aviation Network Overview report for November, though on-time performance still lags the rest of the world.

Qatar Airways to make Canberra comeback

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December 16, 2024
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The Gulf carrier will launch a daily service via Melbourne in December 2025 using its 777 fleet, bringing international connections out of Canberra back to two after Batik Air indefinitely suspended its Denpasar service in October.

Babcock delivers third helicopter to SA Ambulance

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December 16, 2024
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Babcock Australasia recently delivered a Bell 412 helicopter to the SA Ambulance Service as part of its ongoing partnership with the State Rescue Helicopter Service.