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McDermott adds 3 new fixed-wing firefighting tankers

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June 12, 2025
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The Queensland-based firm plans to use the Transall C-160 fixed-wing aircraft, which can safely land on small regional airstrips for refilling, to bolster its aerial firefighting capabilities in remote and rugged locations. It aims to have all three op…

Podcast: Australian astronauts answer questions from schoolkids

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June 12, 2025
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In this week’s podcast, Adam Thorn moderates a panel with three Australian astronauts, with the questions asked by schoolchildren, at the 2025 Australian Space Summit.

Newcastle Airport stress-tests its new terminal

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June 12, 2025
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The test on Wednesday was part of the airport’s preparations to open the refurbished international terminal, which will serve Jetstar’s year-round flights to Bali from October with the aim of also attracting other overseas carriers.

LATAM to fly daily from Sydney and Melbourne over end-of-year peak

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June 12, 2025
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The Chilean carrier will increase its non-stop Sydney–Santiago flights from three to seven days a week starting in November, with Melbourne to follow in December. Both schedules will run until March next year to coincide with the South American summer …

Air New Zealand to fly from Western Sydney International

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June 11, 2025
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The new service to Auckland will commence from “mid-2027” and has been supplemented by funding from both the NSW government and the airport itself.

Qantas shuts Jetstar Asia and shifts fleet to Australia

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June 11, 2025
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The airline blamed “rising supplier costs, high airport fees and intensified competition in the region” for the shock move but insisted the aircraft would help support its domestic fleet renewal program.

RAAF P-8A Poseidons conduct South China Sea surveillance

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June 11, 2025
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The aircraft conducted the mission, Operation Gateway, in the North Indian Ocean and South China Sea, taking off from Royal Malaysian Air Force Base Butterworth.

Jetstar applies for its return to the Philippines

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June 10, 2025
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The low-cost carrier, which in 2014 axed a Darwin-Manila service launched several years prior, is looking to fly from Perth to Manila and Brisbane to Cebu using its A321neo LR fleet, having received approval from Australia’s International Air Services …

US firm reportedly among Rex bidders as sale deadline nears

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June 10, 2025
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The Australian Financial Review has reported Anchorage Capital Advisors, which has in the past recapitalised businesses such as Slater & Gordon and Alinta Energy, was among the firms that bid on Rex before binding offers closed last week.

Royal Children’s Hospital professor’s flight for the kids

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June 10, 2025
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The Royal Children’s Hospital’s Professor Andrew Kornberg is taking off on an odyssey around Australia to save children’s lives.