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Exclusive: Bonza’s Flair planes will stay in Australia under dry lease

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February 28, 2024
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C-FLKC and C-FLHI have been renamed ‘Matilda’ and ‘Bruce’ respectively, and will be re-registered under Australian numbers as their Canadian crews go home. They will become the fifth and sixth proper members of the Bonza fleet, servicing the low-cost c…

Court awards $21k to former Qantas safety rep

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February 28, 2024
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The NSW District Court ordered the airline pay Theo Seremetidis $6,000 for economic loss and $15,000 for non-economic loss. It comes after Qantas was found guilty of unlawfully standing down Mr Seremetidis for a direction he gave to staff to cease clea…

USAAFHT Fundraiser to Preserve Part of Eighth Air Force Base

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February 28, 2024
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PRESS RELEASE The USAAF Heritage Trust (USAAFHT) is the result of a quest, extending back several years, to find a suitable location to create a heritage center for the USAAF in the United Kingdom during […]

Brisbane Airport begins $90m carpark upgrade

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February 28, 2024
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The extension, expected to commence shortly and complete by mid-2025, will add 1,700 long-term parking spaces to the current P2 carpark, removing the existing 30-minute parking area and spaces for vehicles over 2.4 metres in height. Solar panels will a…

A career like no other: saving lives on land, in the sea and the sky

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February 28, 2024
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Saving lives and protecting communities is all in a day’s work for Babcock’s highly trained, experienced, and motivated helicopter crew members.

Ohio Air & Space Hall of Fame Receives Gift of Art Honoring Paul Tibbets, Jr., And Mission That Ended WWII

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February 28, 2024
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The non-profit Ohio Air & Space Hall of Fame and Learning Center (OAS) recently accepted the gift of an original work of art honoring the late U.S. Air Force Brigadier General Paul W. Tibbets, Jr., […]

Ohio Air & Space Hall of Fame Receives Gift of Art Honoring Paul Tibbets, Jr., And Mission That Ended WWII

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February 28, 2024
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Singapore Airlines opens new Perth lounge ahead of fourth daily flight

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February 27, 2024
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The redesigned SilverKris lounge will serve SIA’s business class and qualifying frequent travellers, with the airline to add a fourth flight per day from 31 March. The extra flights will use 303-seater A350-900 aircraft, adding 220,584 more seats to th…

Hobart Airport embarks on 3-year terminal overhaul

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February 27, 2024
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The current terminal was designed for 1.5 million passengers per year and currently handles 2.6 million, with forecasts of 3.5 million by 2030. The upgrade – to be carried out by Hutchinson Builders – will see the terminal double in size, with works ex…

Lack of female pilots behind bad pay figures, say airlines

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February 27, 2024
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Qantas and Virgin have argued a global lack of women becoming pilots or engineers is the reason airlines performed badly in gender pay data released by the federal government.