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Qantas adds 35k medium-haul international seats from Brisbane

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March 6, 2024
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From late October this year, the Flying Kangaroo will replace E190s with 737s on its Brisbane-Wellington services, adding more than 600 weekly seats, as well as seasonally increasing Brisbane-Apia flights from three to five per week until mid-January, …

Airservices unveils Western Sydney Airport’s new ‘digital tower’

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March 5, 2024
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Digital aerodrome services use cameras and sensors to replace traditional physical air traffic control towers, and are faster and cheaper to construct. The digital tower, operated from a new centre at Eastern Creek in western Sydney, will be the first …

Melbourne gains Vietjet’s first Australian Hanoi service

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March 5, 2024
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The route, to commence on 3-4 June, will operate from Hanoi every Monday and Friday using Vietjet’s A330 fleet, returning from Melbourne on Tuesdays and Saturdays. The service complements Vietjet’s existing flights between Melbourne and Ho Chi Minh Cit…

Important breakthrough for Western Sydney Airport metro

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March 5, 2024
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The northern tunnel borers for the Western Sydney Airport metro have reached the halfway mark en route to the new interchange at St Marys. When complete, the full metro line will connect the Bradfield “aerotropolis” in the south to the Sydney Trains ne…

Marine One Helicopter Lands At Permanent Home In Bush Library Pavilion

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March 5, 2024
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PRESS RELEASE A retired Marine One helicopter frequently used during George H.W. Bush’s presidency completed the trip to its final destination Tuesday, February 27, when it was delivered to College Station to be put on […]

The Military Aviation Museum Honors “First Lady of Aviation,” Beechcraft Company Co-Founder, Olive Ann Beech

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March 4, 2024
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PRESS RELEASE The Military Aviation Museum acquired a WWII Navy Bombardier Trainer, the Beechcraft SNB-1 in 2022. This unusual aircraft played a vital role in the war effort by training the Navigators and Bombardiers who […]

A brief history of British Airways

March 4, 2024
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British Airways (BA-BAW) is one of the most loved and recognizable brands in the sky. From its origins as Imperial Airways in the early twentieth […]

Airshows Downunder Shellharbour 2024

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March 4, 2024
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Airshows Downunder Shellharbour is held in the Illawarra on the south coast of New South Wales, just over an hour south of Sydney. Situated in a picturesque location with an amazing backdrop of the Illawarra […]

Ukraine charges Antonov officials for destruction of iconic AN-225

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March 4, 2024
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The Antonov airliner, the world’s heaviest aircraft, was destroyed during the opening days of the Ukraine War at Antonov Airport in northwestern Kyiv in February 2022.

Ukraine charges Antonov officials for destruction of iconic AN-225

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March 4, 2024
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The Antonov airliner, the world’s heaviest aircraft, was destroyed during the opening days of the Ukraine War at Antonov Airport in northwestern Kyiv in February 2022.